Moscow Times, Russia
Nov 23 2009

Mediators Claim Progress in Nagorno-Karabakh Summit

23 November 2009
Reuters

MUNICH, Germany ‘ Mediators said Sunday that `important progress’ was
made at talks between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but that difficulties were also identified.

The mediators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe provided few details after more than four hours of talks
between Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Serzh Sargsyan
in Munich. Both presidents left without talking to reporters.

`Some important progress has been reached,’ French mediator Bernard
Fassier told reporters. `At the same time, we have identified some
difficulties.’ He said he and his co-mediators from the United States
and Russia would start work on preparing the next meeting, without
specifying when it might take place.

Aliyev had raised the stakes before the talks, warning that the
meeting ‘ the sixth this year ‘ would be `decisive’ and that
Azerbaijan’s military was ready to take back the region by force.

Azeri ally Turkey is pressing for progress in the negotiations before
it ratifies a deal with neighboring Armenia to establish diplomatic
relations and open the border that it closed in 1993 in solidarity
with Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan vehemently opposes the deal.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress