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Armenian, Russian foreign ministers discuss Karabakh settlement

 YEREVAN. July 11

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situation surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh and cooperation at a meeting in Austria's Mauerbach
on Tuesday.

"The foreign ministers of Armenia and Russia met on the sidelines of
an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of OSCE member states in
Mauerbach on July 11. The ministers considered relevant aspects of
Russian-Armenian allied interaction, attaching particular significance
to the implementation of agreements reached between the Russian and
Armenian leaders," the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.

"The parties discussed problems of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
process and emphasized the need to implement the agreements reached
during the summits in Vienna and St. Petersburg," it said.

Lavrov and Nalbandian also exchanged opinions on a number of relevant
international and regional problems, it said.

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