Azer Tag, Azerbaijan
April 20 2004

MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA ADOPTED
STATEMENT
[April 20, 2004, 11:03:35]

A meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar
Mammadyarov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vartan
Oskanian took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 16.

According to the Foreign Ministry’s press-center, the Ministers
approved a statement for media. The statement says:

`Foreign Minister of Armenia and newly appointed Foreign Minister of
Azerbaijan met April 16, 2004 for the first time in Prague. This
meeting organized by Minsk Group co-chairs allowed the parties to
exchange views on possible ways facilitating the progress. Armenia
and Azerbaijan reaffirmed the interest in settling Nagorno-Garabakh
conflict and expressed consent to continue this dialogue. Foreign
Ministries highly assessed the support of government of Czech
Republic and OSCE’.