APA, Azerbaijan
Nov 7 2009

Next meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to be held by
the end of November

[ 07 Nov 2009 14:51 ]

Baku. Lachin Sultanova ` APA. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group,
Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and
Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement
today.

"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, the
Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador
Robert Bradtke, United States) visited Azerbaijan and Armenia November
4-6. They met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev November 5 in Baku
before traveling to Yerevan November 6 to meet Armenian President
Serzh Sargsian. They returned to Baku November 6 for a second meeting
with President Aliyev.
In Baku and Yerevan, both presidents reiterated their commitment to
continue their discussions, with the objective to make further
progress toward reaching an agreement on the basic principles for the
peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They accepted
the proposal of the Co-Chairs to organize their next bilateral
meeting, the sixth such meeting this year, before the end of November
at a time and place to be confirmed."