Azerbaijan, Baku, May 29 / Trend , E. Tariverdiyeva/
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs engaged in resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict note progress in the talks. However, they do not expect the coming meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to end with signing of a document.
"We do note expect any document to be signed, but we believe in progress," Minsk Group Co-Chair Mathew Bryza said to Trend over telephone after a meeting with President Ilham Aliyev.
Bryza said his visit to Baku was a preparation for Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan's upcoming meeting to take place in St. Petersburg on June 4.
Bryza said during the current visit to Baku the co-chairs discussed concepts and details of several remaining elements of the Basic Principles with Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov.
The talks have recently seen progress. The co-chairs note significant progress in talks and describe it as "foundation of the house has been laid."
The Prague meeting that took place on May 7 was the fourth meeting on resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijani and Armenia Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan.
The previous meeting was held in Zurich on Jan. 28, 2009. The first meeting was held in St. Petersburg in June 2008 and the second in Moscow in Nov, 2008.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
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