Ambassador Ian Kelly named US acting co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group

US Ambassador Robert Bradtke has finished his term as the US OSCE Minsk Group co-chair last week, the press-service of the US embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend on Sunday.

Ambassador Ian Kelly was named as U.S.co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group on an interim basis on Dec. 21, pending the appointment of a new permanent co-chair, the report says.

The US embassy said the Department of State is grateful to Ambassador Bradtke for over three years of service as the US co-chair and wishes him well in his future endeavors.

"The United States remains fully committed to its role as US co-chair and to helping the sides to find a peaceful, negotiated solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the report noted.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France).