Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian says international mediators are attempting to organize a meeting between Armenia's and Azerbaijan's presidents aimed at resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported.
Oskanian told RFE/RL today that the three co-chairs of the OSCE MINSK Group -- represening France, Russia, and the United States -- will likely visit the region in the near future to organize the meeting.
"The co-chairs most probably will visit the region and meet directly with our presidents to get their reactions to these particular views and on the basis of the result of that visit they will decide when and where to organize the presidents' next meeting," Oskanian said.
Oskanian made his comments one day after meeting his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Minsk Group co-chairs in Belgrade. Oskanian said the meeting focused on suggestions the co-chairs had to resolve outstanding differences between the Armenian and Azerbaijani side.
Oskanian described his meeting with Mammadyarov as "constructive" and "businesslike."
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