MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS HOPE FOR PROGRESS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN

PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs hope for some "progress in the direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan", Russian MFA's Special Representative Alexander Yakovenko stated, ITAR-TASS reports. He reminded that yesterday the mediators met with the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev in Warsaw. Russian and French FMs Sergey Lavrov and Michel Barnier as well as representatives of the US and OSCE were present at the meeting that was later continued by Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev in private.
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