Baku agrees to the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, and communication with the Armenians of Karabakh
Official Baku supports the idea of meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was announced today at a press briefing in Baku by the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
"This issue was discussed in Vienna, and Baku agrees to such a meeting," he said.
According to the Minister, the next meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the OSCE Minsk Group is expected in New York during the UN General Assembly. In August, the United States should appoint a new MG co-chair of the country, said Mammadyarov.
He also reported about the participation at the meetings held on July 22 in Brussels in the framework of the "Eastern Partnership".
The Minister added that the Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, are Azerbaijani citizens. "We support the initiative of holding a meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh," said Mammadyarov. -16/03/B04-
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