U.S. mediator tweets on Armenian, Azeri leaders' meeting in Hague

U.S. mediator tweets on Armenian, Azeri leaders' meeting in Hague

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Hague hosted a meeting between President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev, the U.S. Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group said on his Twitter page.

"The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan spoke together in The Hague at NSS2014. Are they really committed to finding a way to the Nagorno Karabakh peace?" James Warlick tweeted.

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Earlier, President Sargsyan met the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques Faure (France), James Warlick (U.S.) and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk on the sidelines of his working visit to the Hague.

According to the presidential press-service, the March 23 meeting focused on situation around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

In Hague, the Co-chairs also met with the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov. “Positive meetings today with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Working together, a lasting peace is possible,” Warlick posted on his Twitter page.

In a different post, Warlick tweeted, “I was corrected today - the conflict is Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Still, we want a peaceful settlement for all parties for NK.”

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative conducted a series of meetings from February 22 to March 11 in Paris and Moscow. The Co-chairs met with the Azerbaijani, Armenian Foreign Ministers as well as Russian officials on March 12.

The Co-chairs continued working with the Ministers to address issues raised by the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan during their November 2013 meeting in Vienna. The Ministers reiterated their desire to resolve the remaining issues, and move the process forward.

The Co-chairs emphasized the value of continued cooperation and agreed on the need for further talks at the highest level to advance the peace process. The Co-Chairs plan to visit the region in the next month.

In his Tweeter post the U.S. mediator Warlick hailed the Moscow-hosted talks noting that “the U.S., Russia, and France will work together to support efforts for peace.”

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