Minsk Group Co-Chairs propose a high-level meeting between Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents this year

Panorama, Armenia

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have proposed a high-level meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents later this year. As the statement released on behalf of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict mediators reads, the Co-Chairs offered their assistance in organizing of that meeting, while the Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs agreed to pass the proposal to their presidents.

The mediators’ statement came following the July 11 meeting of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian held in Brussels “to discuss modalities of further work on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.”

According to the source, the current situation on the Line of Contact was also discussed.

“The Ministers and the Co-Chairs agreed to meet again in New York in September on the margins of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly,” the statement said.