RUSSIAN LEADER WELCOMES PROGESS IN KARABAKH TALKS

news.az
Nov 25 2009
Azerbaijan

Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
has welcomed progress in the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh and
said that Moscow will continue work to resolve the conflict.

Medvedev and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev discussed the
negotiating process on the Karabakh conflict settlement during their
meeting in Ulyanovsk on Tuesday, Russian presidential spokeswoman
Natalya Timakova said.

"Ilham Aliyev briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the results of the latest
round of talks with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan involving the
Minsk Group representatives," she said.

"The Russian president welcomed the positive progress in the
negotiating process and gave assurances that Moscow will continue
working to resolve the Karabakh conflict," Timakova said.

She said the presidents had also discussed bilateral cooperation,
including on the economy, and the schedule of further high level
contacts.