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PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV AND PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ROBERT KOCHARYAN MEET IN PRIVATE
OSCE Minsk group U.S., French and Russian co-Chairs initially attended the meeting. Later, the heads of state talked in private.
The 2-hour meeting was focused on ways of peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
After the meeting, the Presidents made statements for mass media.
STATEMENT OF AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV
The meeting was of constructive character. We last met in December. It has been some time since then; there have been co-Chairs’ visits and meetings with them, Foreign Ministers have recently met as well, and today’s meeting is a continuation of the peace process. The negotiations are continuing; there is a mutual aspiration for constructive dialogue. The problems have been discussed. Azerbaijan wants to settle this problem; Armenia’s wish to do so is also felt. So, we can advance if there is mutual desire to find way of the conflict’s resolution.
STATEMENT OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN
I share the opinion expressed by the Azerbaijan President. We have agreed that meetings between ministers would be continued. The next one will be held in May. We will try to promote their more active involvement in the negotiation process. Of course, we will also use the possibilities of multilateral meetings. We cannot boast of a result, but I think the atmosphere of the talk was favorable.