Igor Popov May Be Appointed As OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair

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IGOR POPOV MAY BE APPOINTED AS OSCE MG RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.02.2010 13:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia's Ambassador to Mozambique and Kingdom of
Swaziland Igor Popovwill probably be appointed as the new Russian
Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.

Current Russian Co-Chair of OSCE MG, Yuri Merzlyakov can be appointed
as Russia's Ambassador to Estonia, Russian diplomatic sources told
PanARMENIAN.Net.

The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 to encourage a peaceful,
negotiated resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Minsk
Group is headed by a Co-Chairmanship consisting of France, Russia and
the United States. The main objectives of the Minsk Process are as
follows: Providing an appropriate framework for conflict resolution
in the way of assuring the negotiation process supported by the Minsk
Group; Obtaining conclusion by the Parties of an agreement on the
cessation of the armed conflict in order to permit the convening of
the Minsk Conference; Promoting the peace process by deploying OSCE
multinational peacekeeping forces.