Yerevan appraises the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers held in Strasburg on 18 May, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced. Armenia positively estimates the meeting though there are still unsettled and uncoordinated issues, Trend reports citing Mediamax
The key objective of the meeting in Strasbourg was to set up preparations for the forthcoming visit of the senior diplomats of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries Russia, France and the United States to the region.
The meeting between Vardan Oskanian and Elmar Mammadyarov started in presence of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, while after hey continued the talks on one-to-one.
The meeting centered on principles and approaches to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict laid on the table of talks, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced.
During the visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan on 24-25 May the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will be accompanied by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin, US Assistant Secretary of State, Daniel Fried, and the Director of Department for Political Issues of the French Foreign Ministry, Stanislav DLabule.