PRESIDENTS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN MET IN ZURICH
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29.01.2009 10:48
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliev met at the Radisson Hotel in Zurich.
This was the third meeting of the two Presidents in the process of
negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
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 Mammadyarov, 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 Presidents
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.