Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia to meet in videoconference format on June 30
Baku/29.06.20/Turan: On June 29, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov held a video conference call with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Stefan Visconti (France) and Andrew Schafer (USA) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
During the meeting, they exchanged views on the current state of the process to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
Mammadyarov raised the issue of illegal activities, and in particular, the illegal settlement and implementation of infrastructure projects in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
The co-chairs noted the importance of having direct contact between the foreign ministers of the two countries as soon as possible.
Such a video conference with the mediation of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group is scheduled for June 30. — 06D-
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