8 May 2014 15:20

Baku vows to verify alleged settlement of Armenian Syrians in Karabakh

BAKU. May 8 (Interfax) - The OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen will visit the Karabakh conflict zone in the middle of May, Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.

"The primary objective of their visit is to study the Karabakh situation. I have sent a letter to them and the OSCE chairperson-in-office to mention the settlement of ethnic Armenian refugees from Syria on the occupied Azeri lands," Mammadyarov told a press briefing on Thursday.

The minister said he had requested that the co-chairmen visit Karabakh and study the situation firsthand.