Azerbaijan Business Center
Sept 5 2014

Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia met in Wales

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and US Secretary of State John
Kerry at the NATO Summit in Wales.

During the tripartite meeting in Newport the parties discussed the
situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and efforts to resolve the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

According to Marie Harf, spokesperson for the US Department of State,
Kerry expressed his strong concern for the recent violence along the
Line of Contact of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

“The United States believes that the cessation of hostilities and the
normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will bring
peace and prosperity to the peoples of both countries, and will
contribute to stability in the South Caucasus. With these goals in
mind, Secretary Kerry urged the Presidents to strictly respect the
ceasefire and take additional steps to prepare their publics for
peace”, – Marie Harf said.

Secretary Kerry encouraged the Presidents to work with the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs, who are committed to helping the sides reach a
peaceful and lasting settlement. He called on the sides to enter into
a more formal negotiation process under the auspices of the Minsk
Group Co-Chairs as proposed by the Swiss Chairman-in-Office at the
OSCE.

“A sustained process is necessary to increase trust between the sides
and build momentum towards a lasting peace that the people of the
region deserve”, – Kerry said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress