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CO-CHAIRS OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP DO NO EXCEPT A POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA ALREADY IN JULY
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June 6 2009
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, June 6 / Trend News / Presidents of Azerbaijan and
Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serj Sarkisyan, agreed on the mediators'
proposal for the Presidents to continue their meetings in the nearest
future, if possible in July, says the statement of Co-Chairs of
the OSCE Minsk Group, published at the OSCE official website, as a
result of the fifth meeting between the two presidents, held in Saint
Petersburg, Russia on 4 June 2009.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov
- Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier - France; Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza - United States) took part
with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Andrej Kasprzyk in the meeting of Presidents.
"During their tete-a-tete conversation as well as at the working
session held afterwards with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Presidents discussed the overall
conception of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement advanced by the
mediators and reviewed some of the elements of the proposed settlement
that have not yet been agreed", says the statement.
"The conversation took place in a constructive atmosphere and resulted
in positive steps that narrowed the differences between the two
countries on a number of the Basic Principles of the settlement",
says the statement.
"Because of these positive developments in their discussion, both
Presidents asked the mediators to continue their shuttle diplomacy and
to open a new and major subject outlined by the Madrid Document which,
according to their views, still remains the basis of the negotiation",
says the statement.
Trend
June 6 2009
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, June 6 / Trend News / Presidents of Azerbaijan and
Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serj Sarkisyan, agreed on the mediators'
proposal for the Presidents to continue their meetings in the nearest
future, if possible in July, says the statement of Co-Chairs of
the OSCE Minsk Group, published at the OSCE official website, as a
result of the fifth meeting between the two presidents, held in Saint
Petersburg, Russia on 4 June 2009.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov
- Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier - France; Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza - United States) took part
with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Andrej Kasprzyk in the meeting of Presidents.
"During their tete-a-tete conversation as well as at the working
session held afterwards with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Presidents discussed the overall
conception of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement advanced by the
mediators and reviewed some of the elements of the proposed settlement
that have not yet been agreed", says the statement.
"The conversation took place in a constructive atmosphere and resulted
in positive steps that narrowed the differences between the two
countries on a number of the Basic Principles of the settlement",
says the statement.
"Because of these positive developments in their discussion, both
Presidents asked the mediators to continue their shuttle diplomacy and
to open a new and major subject outlined by the Madrid Document which,
according to their views, still remains the basis of the negotiation",
says the statement.