OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
Following their talks on 6 March, the mediators issued a brief statement.
'The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov, the Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States) met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Paris, where they held a working session.
'They assessed the current stage of the negotiations and considered comments of both the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides on the updated Madrid Principles, which were presented to them by the co-chairs in December 2009 and January 2010. The co-chairs plan to meet Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Paris later this month for a similar discussion, prior to going to the region.'
The Azerbaijani foreign minister reiterated Azerbaijan's position that 'the updated principles are accepted in general, but there are elements that do not suit us', according to state-run news agency AzerTAj.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was also the dominant theme of the Azerbaijani foreign minister's talks with Jean-David Levitte, diplomatic advisor to the French president.
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