The consultations held with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Moscow were very substantial, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Merzlyakov, the OSCE Minsk Group told Trend. He was commenting on a meeting held last week between the Foreign Ministers of Armenian and Azerbaijan, Vardan Oskanian and Elmar Mammadyarov within the framework of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers.
We mulled the details of further discussions (under the negotiation process - Trend). So, the next round of talks will start shortly, Merzlyakov announced, hinting at the next round of talks on the level of the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers.
According to Merzlyakov, the meeting is to be held in May, while the term and place of talks are still to be defined. Upon the completion of the meeting of the ministers the diplomats will mull the opportunities for organization of a dialogue of the Presidents.
Merzlyakov noted that in the beginning of May the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will set up consultations in Moscow, and after tour the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict region.