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Discussions are underway regarding the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan told reporters on Tuesday.

Simonyan declined to give further details, citing ongoing talks between the Armenian and Russian foreign ministers in Russia, which is one of the Minsk Group co-chairs.

"Each side presents its position and a balanced solution is found through these discussions," the speaker stated.

Regarding his previous positive assessment of the European Union's monitoring mission in Armenia, Simonyan was asked to comment on Azerbaijan’s demand to exclude the presence of third-country forces in Armenia. He said Armenia had also submitted its own proposal to Azerbaijan, but refrained from elaborating.

Simonyan also expressed hope that the term of the EU monitoring mission would be extended.