With the mediation of the President of France Francois Hollande in Paris there will be talks between President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the Karabakh conflict settlement.
The basic document of the next round of talks will be the latest initiative of OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which was announced by US Co James Warlick on May 10.
In his micro blog on Twitter, he expressed hope for a positive outcome of the meeting of the Presidents.
The French President during his tour of the South Caucasus, 11-12 May this year, clarified the first reaction of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the co-chairs’ initiative for the phased solution to the conflict.
Leaked assessment of this idea by Baku and Yerevan showed that the parties are not delighted with the improved Madrid principles. The vulnerability of these ideas is the inability to reconcile the principles of territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists on, and the right of nations to self-determination, which the Armenian leadership wants to implement.
The inability to reconcile these two principles was the cause of the next exacerbation at the front at the end of July and the disruption of the planned trilateral meeting of the Presidents in Paris.
Instead Aliyev and Sargsyan exchanged "courtesies" in Sochi with the mediation of President Vladimir Putin on August 10. The parties agreed to renounce use of force and to begin preparations for the Paris meeting postponed until the fall.
The last meeting between the publicly conflicting Presidents was held in Wales on September 4, with the mediation of US Secretary of State John Kerry. Subsequent after the negotiations, mutual insults by the entourage of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents showed that the parties have not developed new approaches to the Paris meeting. -0-
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On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of his birthday.
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The U.S. Embassy responded to the host of the "Həftə" ("Week") program, who once again accused the United States of pursuing an anti-Azerbaijani policy, using undiplomatic language.
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On Monday, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, who is currently on a working visit to Belgrade, was received by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. According to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs press service, during the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction with the "strategic partnership between the two countries" and emphasized the importance of mutual high-level visits.
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On December 23, a meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Serbia took place in Belgrade. During the final press conference, Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric reported that the discussions focused on the development of tourism. "We are strengthening efforts to open direct air routes, as well as economic development and energy," said Djuric. The minister expressed confidence that cooperation between Serbia and Azerbaijan would become even closer and more intensive in the near future.
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