In mid-1992, the CSCE (later to become the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), created the Minsk Group in Helsinki which comprised eleven nations and was co-chaired by France, Russia, and the United States with the purpose of mediating a peace deal with Armenia and Azerbaijan.
No verán de 1992, a CSCE (posteriormente denominada Organización para a Seguridade e a Cooperación en Europa, OSCE) creou o Grupo de Minsk en Helsinqui que incorporaba elementos de once nacións, sendo co-presidido por Francia, Rusia e os Estados Unidos e tendo como propósito mediar o establecemento dun acordo de paz entre as partes do conflito.