OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

BAKU, 6 November 2009 - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today:

"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, the Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States) visited Azerbaijan and Armenia November 4-6. They met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev November 5 in Baku before traveling to Yerevan November 6 to meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsian. They returned to Baku November 6 for a second meeting with President Aliyev.

In Baku and Yerevan, both presidents reiterated their commitment to continue their discussions, with the objective to make further progress toward reaching an agreement on the basic principles for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They accepted the proposal of the Co-Chairs to organize their next bilateral meeting, the sixth such meeting this year, before the end of November at a time and place to be confirmed."