Interfax - Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama Tuesday 6:22 PM MSK Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers to discuss Karabakh in Brussels YEREVAN. July 11 Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Brussels on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Interfax. "Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Brussels on July 11 with the mediation and in the presence of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs," the spokesman said. "The meeting will take place on Tuesday evening," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hikmet Hajiyev told Interfax. "The main topics of the Brussels meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers will be the current status of negotiations and their development in a serious and fruitful manner," Hajiyev said. Baku is counting on profound and efficient negotiations on the Karabakh settlement process, he said. Tensions escalated in the Karabakh conflict zone on July 4 after Azerbaijan had accused the Armenian army of shelling a village in the Fizuli district, causing the death of an elderly woman and a child. Stepanakert stated that fire was opened in response to Azerbaijani shelling. Yerevan and Baku nonetheless said that their foreign ministers would still have the meeting scheduled for July to address the Karabakh peace process.
Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers to discuss Karabakh in Brussels
