AZERBAIJANI, RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS MEET IN MOSCOW (UPDATE)
Today.Az
July 20 2009
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev
and Serzh Sargsyan met in Moscow on July 18.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev ended his working visit to Russia
and returned home on July 18.
At the Vnukovo-2 International Airport, President Ilham Aliyev was
seen of by Russia`s high ranking state and government officials.
In the evening, the President arrived in Baku.
At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, President Ilham Aliyev
was welcomed by Prime Minister Artur Rasizade and Baku Mayor Hajibala
Abutalybov.
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A trilateral meeting between Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has
been held on July 18.
The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev and the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had constructive
meeting in Moscow, the Russian President’s assistant Sergey Prikhodko
said, RIA Novosti reported.
Leaders attended the races for the Russian President’s prize at
the central Moscow race track on July 18 in the morning. Later they
continued trilateral talks at a restaurant in Moscow.
"During the fourth today’s meeting of the Russian, the Azerbaijani
and the Armenian presidents, Dmitry Medvedev confirmed readiness of
Russia as co-chairman of the [OSCE] Minsk Group to make efforts to
find mutually acceptable ways to settle Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
Prkihodko said.
Leaders of three countries discussed further ways to solve
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"According to the Russian side, long and very constructive meeting
has been held. Several issues that remained open were also discussed
during the meeting," Prikhodko said.
"The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan expressed gratitude to Dmitry Medvedev for his
efforts to make Armenian and Azerbaijani positions closer and promote
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement," the Russian President’s assistant said.