AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN FMS TO MEET IN EUROPE SOON

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May 6 2010
Azerbaijan

Co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group expect to hold a regular meeting between
foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Europe to discuss
the next actions in the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh,
the statement said.

A meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group was held on Wednesday in Vienna
in a closed format. At the briefing, chairmen of the group informed
representatives of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries about the
negotiation process to resolve the Karabakh conflict, and future
actions.

They underscored the commitment of the parties to make progress on the
elaboration of a settlement based on the Madrid Principles as well as
the elements contained in the joint statement issued by Presidents
of the Co-Chair countries at the L’Aquila Summit of the Eight July
10, 2009.

At the Vienna meeting, Russian co-chairman Yuri Merzlyakov formally
handed over his post to Igor Popov newly appointed to this position.