Press Release For Immediate Release January 6, 2016 Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), hosted a briefing from Ambassador James Warlick, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, on the recent escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and steps the U.S. is considering to promote peace in the region. Following the briefing, Chairman Royce said: “Violence in the

U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Ambassador James Warlick during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Armenia on October 26th. By Danielle Saroyan Armenian Agenda Associate Editor U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Ambassador James Warlick and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov share criticism of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) for issuing a report that demands Armenian withdrawal from Nagorno Karabakh and the territory’s return to Azerbaijan. The res

Armenian officers escort the U.S., Russian, and French co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Line of Contact northeast of Karabakh, Oct 27 2015. (RFE/RL) – A team of U.S., Russian and French mediators reportedly came under fire on Tuesday as it crossed into Azerbaijani-controlled territory from Nagorno Karabakh through a “line of contact” that has seen growing ceasefire violations in recent years. The three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group crossed the heavily fortified fr