The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs are now working to organize another summit for the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, official representative of the Russian MFA Maria Zakharova announced during a weekly briefing, adding that the Co-chairs will issue a statement on that in mid-September. "And this was the same position that was highlighted by the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow in April of this year", "Armenpress" reports Zakharova saying.
She noted that the Minsk Group co-chairs are now working on the organization of the next meeting of the presidents.
Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian stated earlier that a new meeting of Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers is planned to be held in NY. "Consultations will continue on the sidelines of the regular session of the UN General Assembly in NY in the second half of September, following which a relevant statement will be made".
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict entered its modern phase when the Armenian SRR made territorial claims against the Azerbaijani SSR in 1988.
A fierce war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
"Now, the co-chairs are working to prepare the next meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement".
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. The Group's members include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Finland and Sweden.