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    ITAR-TASS, Russia
    April 5, 2014 Saturday 03:39 AM GMT+4


    OSCE Minsk Group prepares meeting of Azerbaijani, Armenian leaders - statement

    VIENNA April 5


    - Co-chairmen of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are preparing a meeting to be held soon
    between Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh
    Sargsyan on the conflict settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, a
    predominantly Armenian ethnic region in Azerbaijan, a joint statement
    says.

    The statement by co-chairmen from Russia, France and the United States
    was issued after Friday's meeting in Moscow with Azerbaijani and
    Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mamedyarov and Edward Nalbandian.

    The ministers "discussed the possibility to hold the summit in the
    near future, and stressed the importance of achieving progress on
    specific issues", the document says.

    The statement authors also called on the top diplomats of Azerbaijan
    and Armenia to "make serious steps to reduce tensions in the region
    and continue the process of peace settlement".

    The previous meeting of Aliyev and Sargsyan took place in Vienna in
    November 2013.

    Nagorno-Karabakh sought independence from Azerbaijan at the end of the
    1980s, which resulted in a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia that
    claimed the lives of 25,000-30,000 people between 1988 and 1994. Since
    then, the territory has been controlled by Armenia.

    The OSCE Minsk Group, which comprises Russia, France and the United
    States, acts as a mediator in the conflict.




    From: Baghdasarian
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