Baku/27.03.14/Turan : As part of the Nuclear Security Summit held March 24-25 in The Hague there was held a brief meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan. This was reported on the Twitter page of the U.S. OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick.
The American diplomat praised the meeting of the Presidents and expressed the belief that they are determined to reach a settlement.
Recall that in The Hague also met Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
In addition, the two Presidents met separately with OSCE MG Cochairmen.
In the near future they will visit the region. - 03B06-
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