OSCE Minsk Group

OSCE Minsk Group

Formation	24 March 1992; 32 years ago (1992-03-24)
Purpose	Encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh
Membership	Permanent members  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Germany  Finland  Italy OSCE Troika (rotating basis)  Sweden  Turkey
Co-chairs	France – (Stéphane Visconti) Russia – (Igor Khovaev) United States – (Andrew Schofer)
Website	www.osce.org/mg

The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), now Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.