"This agreement opens a treasure trove of historical Armenian Genocide era documents and artifacts for use in the museum's exhibits," Van Z. Krikorian said.

"Our concession in solution of the problem is granting highest autonomy to Nagorno Karabakh," Aliyev said.

The delegation is arriving in Armenia to participate in a meeting of the joint board if the Armenian Police and Russian Ministry of Interior.

"We want to thank Chairman Berman for this excellent opportunity for members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to exercise oversight over a deeply flawed set of U.S. policies toward Armenia and Armenian American issues," the ANCA said.

Daniel Fried: the policy of the United States in the South Caucasus region is unambiguous: we want to help the nations of this region travel along the same path toward freedom, democracy and market-based economies.

Talks do not guarantee Turkey's accession to the Union, France says.

"We hope that the Azerbaijani government will avoid the temptation of thinking that renewed fighting is a viable option," Mr Daniel Fried said.