DEFENSE MINISTERS MET

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[06:40 pm] 20 October, 2006

Defense Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Serge Sargsyan and Safar
Abiev met today on the border line of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The
meeting took place at the suggestion of personal representative of
the OSCE CiO Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, in order to raise mutual
trust between the sides.

During the meeting the sides discussed issues of mutual interest,
in particular about the control of the border line and preservation
of the ceasefire.