Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
April 28 2004
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV AND PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ROBERT
KOCHARYAN MEET IN PRIVATE
[April 28, 2004, 22:56:36]
A one-on-one meeting between President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and
President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan was held at `Parkiva’ State
Residence in Warsaw on April 28, AzerTAj correspondent reports.
OSCE Minsk group U.S., French and Russian co-Chairs initially
attended the meeting. Later, the heads of state talked in private.
The 2-hour meeting was focused on ways of peaceful settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
After the meeting, the Presidents made statements for mass media.
STATEMENT OF AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV
The meeting was of constructive character. We last met in December.
It has been some time since then; there have been co-Chairs’ visits
and meetings with them, Foreign Ministers have recently met as well,
and today’s meeting is a continuation of the peace process. The
negotiations are continuing; there is a mutual aspiration for
constructive dialogue. The problems have been discussed. Azerbaijan
wants to settle this problem; Armenia’s wish to do so is also felt.
So, we can advance if there is mutual desire to find way of the
conflict’s resolution.
STATEMENT OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN
I share the opinion expressed by the Azerbaijan President. We have
agreed that meetings between ministers would be continued. The next
one will be held in May. We will try to promote their more active
involvement in the negotiation process. Of course, we will also use
the possibilities of multilateral meetings. We cannot boast of a
result, but I think the atmosphere of the talk was favorable.