Azerbaijani foreign ministry expresses its attitude to appointment of a new OSCE MG U.S. co-chair

"Our position on the fair resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains the same. The conflict must be solved under country's territorial integrity and granting a high status of autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh. The talks can be continued only in this direction," Polukhov said.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Robert Bradtke has been appointed new U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE MG, the U.S. State Department Bureau for Europe and Eurasia said.

"The United States attaches great importance to solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and hopes that Bradtke's appointment as the ambassador will continue the OSCE MG's peacekeeping policy and efforts," the source in the Department of State reported.

Bradtke is a career diplomat including in the sphere of conflicts, a source said.

Bradtke was engaged in Balkans issues and U.S. relations with NATO and the OSCE from 2001 to 2004, and like former U.S. co-chair of the OSCE MG Matthew Bryza has also served as Deputy Assistant to the U.S. State Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs.

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