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Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian meets with the Foreign
Minister of Azerbaijan and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
On June 26, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian who paid a
working visit to Paris met with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan
Elmar Mammadyarov and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov,
Bernard Fassier, Matthew Bryza and the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan had face-to-face
negotiations which lasted more than six hours; afterwards the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO
jointed them.
According to the instructions that the Presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan made as a result of their meeting in Saint-Petersburg on
June 4, the Foreign Ministers continued the negotiations discussing
issues concerning the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict settlement
to draw the positions of the parties closer on the principles proposed
in the Madrid Document.
Ministers Nalbandian and Mammadyarov referred to the possibility of
holding another meeting between the Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh
Sargsyan.
As a result of the negotiations it was decided that the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs will visit the region in early July.
The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in
Paris was efficient and constructive.
On June 27, Edward Nalbandian left for Greece to participate in the
session of the Council of the OSCE Foreign Ministers.