YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick is unable to join the other OSCE Co-Chairs during their regional visit.  “Because of a family emergency, I am unable to join the OSCE Co-Chairs in Baku and Yerevan. Good luck with talks on the Nagorno Karabakh peace,” he wrote in a Twitter message, Armenpress reports.

“Ambassador Warlick had planned to travel to the region this week as part of a Minsk Group Co-Chair official visit, but due to a personal matter he was not able to make the trip. The U.S. side was nonetheless represented in meetings with the government of Azerbaijan. He has every expectation that the visit of his colleagues will be productive, and he is looking forward to the upcoming meeting of the Presidents in Paris”, the US Embassy in Azerbaijan said.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov (Russia) and Pierre Andrieu (France) have already arrived in Baku. The co-chairs’ visit to the region will last till October 18.