U.S. welcomes Armenian and Azeri leaders' commitments to intensify Karabakh peace process

July 16, 2008 - 13:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Washington welcomes the commitments of Presidents Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to reinvigorate the Minsk Group peace process for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution, said Matthew Bryza, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.



He said he intends to meet with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Washington and discuss the current stage of talks.



In addition, the Minsk Group Co-chairs are planning to meet with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, in the near future.



"I hope to elicit the Ministers' views on some provisions of the Basic Principles that still remain unresolved, as Presidents Aliyev and Sargsyan requested the Co-chairs to do during their June 6 meeting in St. Petersburg," Mr Bryza said.



The diplomat said that Minister Nalbandian had Monday a productive meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during which the latter expressed her readiness to support the efforts of the Co-Chairs to help Armenia and Azerbaijan to bridge the gap in compliance with the Madrid Document, Trend Azeri news agency reports.
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