The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have scheduled a meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev for the end of this November.
Bilateral presidential meetings normally follow those of Foreign Ministers, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mamedyarov. This time, however, it will be the other way round – the Foreign Minister will meet in Athens on December 1-2.
To organize the Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meeting the OSCE MG Co-Chairs are arriving in the region this week to fix the date and place of the meeting. According to the information at NEWS.am’s disposal, the meeting is most likely to be held in Munich.
The RA Foreign Minmister stated the other day that the sides are discussing the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, whereas the Azerbaijani side speaks of a wider range of issues on the agenda, with Nagorno-Karabakh’s status being one of the issues high on the agenda. Armenia’s position is that Nagorno-Karabakh must not be part of Azerbaijan, whereas Azerbaijan states its readiness to grant the “highest degree of autonomy” to the region within Azerbaijan’s borders.
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to insist on the intensification of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process during his talks with U.S. President Barack Obama.
The Turkish Premier has repeatedly stated that the Armenian-Turkish border will be reopened provided progress is made in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
News.am