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05.06.09
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Presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia continued talk in a trilateral format at an informal dinner upon completion of bilateral talks, according to spokesman for the Russian President Natalia Timakova.
She said the leaders are expected to discuss situation in the Caucasus including the Karabakh issue.
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09:41
The Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia intend to meet again, U.S. co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza told Trend News by telephone from St. Petersburg. "To my knowledge, the Presidents intend to meet again, but I can not say exactly when, it depends on their schedule," he said
A meeting took place between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on June 4.
This meeting was the fifth between the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Armenia, Serj Sarkisyan on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. The previous meeting was held in Prague on June 7. The first meeting was held in June last year in St. Petersburg, the second in the end of November last year in Moscow, the third in Zurich on 28 January this year.
The meeting took place in a constructive manner, it is possible to say that progress was reached, Bryza said.
"The Presidents asked the co-chairmen to prepare our proposals and so forth, I can not say that it was a turning point, we continue to work," he said. The mood of the meeting was constructive, he said.
"Nothing was signed, we did not expect that something will be signed - it was simply an exchange of views, the Presidents exchanged ideas, views, and now it needs to continue working," he said.
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were reached during the talks of the Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev and Armenia Serj Sarkisyan held in St. Petersburg on June 4,
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said as a result of the
meeting of the Presidents of the two countries, which lasted two and a
half hours, Mediamax reported. "Despite that today we can not speak
about the breakthrough or significant progress, the sides are moving
forward and agreed to continue negotiations," said Nalbandyan. He noted
that the Presidents charged the foreign ministers to, together with the
mediators, continue to work to bring the positions of the sides closer
and the new meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov also noted that
"there was no breakthrough, but there is movement". He said that the
sides approach each other's positions with great understanding. "The
most important thing is that the sides have agreed upon the necessity
to move forward," said Mammadyarov.
04.06.09
17:00
The meeting between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Serz Sargsyan started in St. Petersburg today.
The meeting brought together foreign ministers of the two countries, as well as the OSCE Minsk Group Russian, U.S. and French co-chairs, Mediamax special correspondent in St.Petersburg reported.
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