Zohrab Mnatsakyanian met with OSCE Secretary General and EU Special  Representative for South Caucasus

ArmInfo.Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports.

According to the source, the parties discussed a number of issues  related to both cooperation within the OSCE, and the problems facing  the organization, as well as ways to solve them.

The parties also touched upon domestic political events in Armenia.  The Armenian Foreign Minister reaffirmed the commitment of the  Armenian government to hold free and fair elections.

The interlocutors also touched upon the negotiation process on the  peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. In particular, the  parties touched upon the meeting held yesterday with the co-chairs of  the OSCE Minsk Group and the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, and also  discussed a joint statement by the foreign ministers of Armenia and  Azerbaijan and the heads of delegations of the OSCE co-chair  countries.

Mnatsakanyan also met with EU Special Representative for the South  Caucasus Toivo Klaar. Touching on the Karabakh conflict,the Acting  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia noted that the status and  security of Artsakh are priorities for Armenia, stressing the  importance of the decisive vote of the Artsakh Republic in the  settlement process.

Mnatsakanyan noted that the Armenian side calls on international  partners to refrain from actions that may contribute to increased  instability in the region