The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region November 4-5 to continue their efforts to help the sides find a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reads the co chairs statement by results of their trip.
“They met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev in Baku on November 4, and Armenian President
Sargsyan in Yerevan on November 5, to discuss issues of importance for a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. They also met with the Foreign Ministers and the Defence Ministers of both countries.
The Presidents have confirmed their intention to meet in November 2013 to clarify their positions on a settlement and to discuss the way forward.
The Co-Chairs continue to work on arrangements for the forthcoming summit. The Co-Chairs call upon the sides to exercise restraint on the ground as well as in their public statements. Military action, particularly at this moment, can only be seen as an attempt to damage the peace process”- says the statement. -0-
Politics
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda expressed condolences to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on December 30 following a tragic plane crash that resulted in multiple fatalities. In a phone call, Nauseda extended his sympathy to Aliyev and the Azerbaijani people, wishing a swift recovery for the injured and voicing solidarity with the nation during this difficult time.
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Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) Alexander Bastrykin and Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kyamran Aliyev have held a telephone conversation.
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A dispatcher at Grozny airport confirmed on 29 December that the "Kover" plan banning flights was introduced after the AZAL plane was hit by a missile.
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During his visit to Syria on December 29, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Yalcin Rafiyev met with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the interim government of this Arab country, Assad Hassan Al-Shibani, in Damascus.
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