Steinmeier to Meet with Representatives of Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh
The OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Yerevan with the head of Karabakh separatists Bako Sahakyan as a representative of the Armenian community of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In Baku, Steinmeier will meet with representatives of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh, said Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev.
He will get also familiar with the settlements constructed for IDPs from the occupied territories. -06D-
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