On February 8, Minister Oskanian received OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Facie (France) and Steven Mann's Assistant Ms. Elisabeth Roode (USA). The Co-chairs, who accompanied OSCE's fact-finding mission to Nagorno Karabagh, visited Yerevan en route from Stepanakert to their respective capitals.

During the meeting, the parties discussed various organizational issues. Upon the co-chairs' suggestion, the possibility of organizing a meeting between Armenia's and Azerbaijan's foreign ministers in the Prague format was also discussed. Minister Oskanian expressed his willingness to re-start the meetings at earliest convenience.