Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement: “the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs visited Azerbaijan and Armenia November 4-6.
They met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev November 5 in Baku before traveling to Yerevan November 6 to meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. They returned to Baku November 6 for a second meeting with President Aliyev.
In Baku and Yerevan, both presidents reiterated their commitment to continue their discussions, with the objective to make further progress toward reaching an agreement on the basic principles for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
They accepted the proposal of the Co-Chairs to organize their next bilateral meeting, the sixth as such this year, before the end of November at a time and place to be confirmed.”
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