US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE MET WITH ARMENIAN FM

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Sept 23 2011
Armenia

NEW YORK. – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns met on
Friday with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, official
representative of Department of State told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The meeting took place in UN Headquarters in New York. Media was
not allowed to attend the meeting. Press-office does not release
additional details of the meeting, however, according to unofficial
information the negotiations between Armenian FM and U.S. Deputy
Secretary were focused on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
resolution with Azerbaijan.

According to the U.S. Department of State, soon after the negotiations
with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan, which started at 2:00 p.m.,
Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

Both Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs arrived in New York to participate
in the 66th session of UN Assembly General.