AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS TO ADVANCE NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A PEACE SETTLEMENT

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Nov 19 2013

19 November 2013 – 7:00pm

A meeting between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev was held today in Vienna in order to discuss
the ongoing conflict surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Following the meeting the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, who took part
in the discussion, issued a joint statement.

“During their private one-on-one meeting and the working session
afterward with the Co-Chairs and the Ministers, the Presidents
discussed a broad range of issues related to the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” the statement reads.

“The Presidents agreed to advance negotiations toward a peaceful
settlement. They instructed their Foreign Ministers to continue to
cooperate with the Co-Chairs to build on the work to date, with the
aim of intensifying the peace process. They agreed to meet again in
the months ahead.”

“As a next step, the Co-Chairs are organizing working sessions with
the Ministers on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which
will take place on December 5-6 in Kyiv. The Co-Chairs plan to visit
the region before the end of this year,” the statement reads.