OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS ESTIMATE CONSTRUCTIVE MUNICH NEGOTIATIONS
NOYAN TAPAN
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
MUNICH
MUNICH, NOVEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan met
with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on November 22 in Munich. The
meeting started in an enlarged format, with the participation of two
countries’ Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadiarov,
OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Yuri Merzliakov (RF), Bernard Fassier
(France), Robert Bradtke (U.S.), and Personal Representative of OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Then S. Sargsyan and I. Aliyev continued the conversation tete-a-tete,
after which the negotiations again proceeded in an enlarged format.
Discussion of issues related to peaceful and comprehensive settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict continued during the meeting
lasting over four hours that took place in the building of the French
Consulate. The two countries’ Foreign Ministers were instructed with
the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs to continue working
in the direction of conflict’s peaceful settlement on the basis of
Madrid Principles.
According to RA President’s Press Office, during the press briefing
held after the meeting the Co-chairs estimated constructive the
negotiations and reiterated that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has
no military solution and the negotiations process has no alternative.