Nalbandian, Lavrov hold talks; Hamburg meeting details undisclosed

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Thursday, December 8 met with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov in Hamburg.

The details of the meeting weren't disclosed, RIA Novosti said.

A session of the OSCE Foreign Ministers Council was held in the German city on Thursday.

Although some reports suggested a possibility of talks between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign policy chiefs, such a meeting didn't happen.

Prior to the meeting with Lavrov, Nalbandian told the OSCE session that Azerbaijan fails to implement the agreements reached at summits in Vienna and Saint Petersburg.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev met on June 20 in Saint Petersburg to address the conflict, with Russian President Vladimir Putin mediating the talks. The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents confirmed their commitment to the implementation of agreements reached at a Vienna-hosted meeting on May 16. To that end, they agreed to increase the number of international observers in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. Also, they expressed satisfaction that the ceasefire was now holding. Prior to that, a meeting between both leaders was organized on May 16 in Vienna, with top diplomats from the MG co-chairing countries hosting the summit.