OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to Visit Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Zone Soon

Co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group from Russia and France will travel to the conflict zone in self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in the next few hours, a source at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Igor Popov and Pierre Andrieu are expected to visit Baku, Yerevan and Stepanakert to discuss the escalation of the conflict with leadership of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

"The Russian envoy will travel to the region without waiting for the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, the French co-chair [of the Minsk Group] will fly there as well," the source told RIA Novosti.