Another “constructive” meeting
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliev today at the "Baltic Star" hotel in St. Petersburg.
The meeting marked the fifth of the meetings for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement negotiations.
Participating in the first half of the meeting were Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandyan and Elmar Mammedyarov, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov, Matthew Bryza and Bernard Fassier, as well as the OSCE acting president's personal representative Anjey Kasprshik, after which the meeting continued in a one-on-one format.
The two and a half hour long talks were followed by talks in a wide format. The meeting of the two presidents was held in a constructive environment and the sides agreed to progress in the negotiations process.
The Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers were assigned to continue to work towards agreement on approaches of both sides and organize the next meeting of the Armenian and Azeri presidents.
Serzh Sargsyan will also meet with this Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev on the sidelines of his working visit to St. Petersburg. A dinner for the presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan is also foreseen and tomorrow Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the 13th international economic forum to be held in St. Petersburg.
The delegation led by President Serzh Sargsyan will return to Yerevan tomorrow, as reported by the presidential press service.
