Elkhan Polukhov
Baku has confirmed the statement of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group about the latest round of talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in Munich on Sunday.
"Progress was observed on some urgent issues," the spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, Elkhan Polukhov, said on Monday.
He said the sides had started a more detailed and deeper discussion on the remaining outstanding issues and differences.
"The seriousness and level of the meeting are shown by the fact that the negotiations lasted for more than four hours," Polukhov said. He confirmed that the foreign ministers had been instructed to continue the work and that the ministers' next meeting will be in Athens.
Interfax-Azerbaijan
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