Moscow Considering Turkey's Co-Chair Candidacy in OSCE Minsk Group

Russian diplomats are currently considering Baku's official proposal to including Turkey as a mediator in the OSCE Minsk Group over the talks on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry website which quotes the official representative of the Ministry, Andrei Nesterenko.

"We are actively involved in the discussions over the issue. There have recently been some proposals. We are studying them. But we will have to hold talks with all the participants of the process and to find out their approach over the issue so that we can make relevant assessments. We are currently busy with it. We will be able to give other detailed clarifications after discussions with our colleagues.
Iran has also proposed its mediation over the Nagorno Karabakh.

Earlier Ali Mahmedov, Secretary of the Azerbaijani ruling party Eni Azerbaijan (New Azerbaijan), had said that it is high time to introduce changes into the OSCE Minsk Group format, presumably meaning Turkey's inclusion.