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    MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS RELEASE STATEMENT

    Asbarez Staff
    Jul 21st, 2009

    VIENNA-The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group released a statement
    on Tuesday reiterated their positive statements over the weekend on
    the latest round of meetings between the Presidents of Armenia and
    Azerbaijan in Moscow. Below is the statement in its entirety:

    "Armenian President Serzh Sargsian and Azerbaijani President Ilham
    Aliev met in Moscow on July 17-18 to discuss issues related to the
    settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    During the meeting on July 17, the sixth since June 2008, the
    Presidents held a tete-a-tete discussion and extensive talks with
    the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs: Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia),
    Ambassador Bernard Fassier (France), and Deputy Assistant State
    Secretary of State Matthew Bryza (United States), in the presence of
    the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office Ambassador
    Andrzej Kasprzyk.

    On July 18, the Presidents were received by Russian President Dmitri
    Medvedev.

    The discussions were held in a frank and constructive atmosphere
    that allowed the sides to discuss at length and in detail proposed
    formulations to overcome their remaining differences on the few
    elements of the Basic Principles that have yet to be conceptually
    agreed.

    The Minsk Group Co-Chairs informed the two Presidents they will hold
    a working session at the end of July in Krakow, Poland, to prepare
    an updated=2 0version of the Madrid Document in accordance with the
    'L'Aquila Declaration' of Presidents Barack Obama, Dmitri Medvedev
    and Nicholas Sarkozy.

    The Co-Chairs intend to visit the region in September to assess
    the possibilities for a subsequent meeting between the Armenian and
    Azerbaijani Presidents either at the end of September or the beginning
    of October."
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