ARMENIAN SIDE ASSESSES OUTCOME OF MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS IN ZURICH AS POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE

ArmInfo
2009-01-29 10:22:00

ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President
of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev met yesterday at the Radisson Hotel
in Zurich. This is the third meeting of the two Presidents in the
process of negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.

As the Armenian presidential press service reports, the meeting of the
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan started with the participation
of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two countries Edward
Nalbandian and Elmar Mamedyarov, as well as the Co- Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov, Matthew Bryza, Bernard Fassier, and
the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk. Later, President Sargsyan and President Aliev continued
the talks in the face-to-face format. After the private meeting of
the President of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan the talks
were continued in the extended format.

The Armenian side assessed the outcome of the meeting in Zurich as
positive and constructive. During the meeting, the two sides presented
their positions on the current stage of the peace talks. The Presidents
of the two states directed their Ministers of Foreign Affairs to
continue the negotiations in cooperation with the Co-Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group.

Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliev expressed satisfaction with the fact
that the Co-Chairs are working toward the synchronization of the
parties’ positions.

During the meeting, the parties agreed also on the upcoming visit of
the Co-Chairs to the region. After the negotiations, the President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan left for Davos where he will participate at
the official opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum. To also
recall, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are in Switzerland
to take part in the International Economic Forum in Davos.