TRILATERAL MEETING OF ARMENIAN, TURKISH AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTERS IN NEW YORK

Arminfo
2008-09-27 12:58:00

ArmInfo. Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani foreign ministers met in
New York on 26 September.

Armenian Foreign Ministry press-service reports Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandyan met his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammedyarov
Friday in New York. OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Matthew Bryza, Bernard
Fassier and Yuri Merzlyakov and OSCE CIO Personal Representative
Envoy Andzej Kasprzyk also attended the meeting. The negotiations for
settlement of Karabakh conflict on the basis of ‘Madrid Proposals’
made in 2007 were on agenda of the negotiations. The parties confirmed
the necessity of peaceful settlement of the conflict.

Afterwards, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met
vis-a-vis and discussed the ways to bring the stances of the parties
closer and the possibilities of organizing a new meeting of Presidents
of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The same day, E. Nalbandyan met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali
Babacan.

The sides continued the discussion on normalization of Armenian
and Turkish relations on the basis of the instructions by their
presidents. Afterwards, the foreign ministers of Armenia, Turkey
and Azerbaijan met in a trilateral format and discussed the recent
developments in the region and the initiative of Platform.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress