AZERBAIJAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY CONFIRMS "PROGRESS" IN KARABAKH TALKS

news.az
Nov 23 2009
Azerbaijan

Elkhan Polukhov Baku has confirmed the statement of the co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group about the latest round of talks between the
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in Munich on Sunday.

"Progress was observed on some urgent issues," the spokesman for
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, Elkhan Polukhov, said on Monday.

He said the sides had started a more detailed and deeper discussion
on the remaining outstanding issues and differences.

"The seriousness and level of the meeting are shown by the fact that
the negotiations lasted for more than four hours," Polukhov said. He
confirmed that the foreign ministers had been instructed to continue
the work and that the ministers’ next meeting will be in Athens.