The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have released a statement, which says, "The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) call on the sides to honour the agreements which were reflected in the Joint Statements of the 16 May summit in Vienna and the 20 June summit in St. Petersburg."
"We urge Azerbaijan and Armenia to remove all remaining obstacles to expanding the mission of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. We also urge progress in substantive talks and on a proposal to establish an OSCE investigative mechanism. We will continue our engagement with the sides to advance all of these outcomes from the last two meetings between the Presidents," says the statement posted on the OSCE's official website.
To note, in Vienna, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev reiterated their commitment to the ceasefire and the peaceful settlement of the conflict. To reduce the risk of further violence, they agreed to finalize in the shortest possible time an OSCE investigative mechanism. The Presidents also agreed to the expansion of the existing Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office. However, right after the Vienna meeting, Baku stated that it did not sign the joint document. Nevertheless, during the meeting in St. Petersburg, the provision about expansion of the OSCE CiO Personal Representative's office was reaffirmed, however, the provision about investigative mechanisms was not made a point of. Unlike the Vienna meeting, the results of the St. Petersburg meeting were welcomed by not only Yerevan, but also Baku.