Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia meet in St. Petersburg - PHOTOS

On June 17, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Bernard Fassier of France and Igor Popov of Russia - as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

The meeting focused on the current state and prospects of the talks on settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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Later the same day, President Ilham Aliyev ended his working trip to Russia.

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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a joint meeting at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg on June 17, AzerTAc state news agency reported.

In the presence of journalists, the talks of the presidents of the three countries dealt with the weather. The Russian president noted with regret that now it is not very warm in St. Petersburg.

"At this time, usually cold snap is coming for some reasons, although it was warmer. May was very warm, just it is abnormally warm in Moscow and St. Petersburg," he said.

After this, the journalists covering the beginning of the meeting left the room of negotiations.


/Trend, AzerTAc/

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Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian Presidents meet in St. Petersburg





Azerbaijani President meets OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and OSCE chairman-in-office Special Representative