A scene from talks held in Vienna on Monday over the Karabakh conflict initiated by Secretary of State John Kerry
VIENNA—President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev at talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries’ foreign ministers. The sides agreed on several provisions that seek to deflate the tension, which erupted in early April when Azerbaijan staged a savage attack on all borders of Karabakh and agreed to a meeting in June.
This announcement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who also told reporters that Monday’s talks were initiated by Secretary of State John Kerry and included the participation of France’s State Secretary for European Affairs Harlem Desir.
The participants reached an agreement to take steps toward implementing the provisions of the 1994 cease fire agreement, establishing mechanisms to investigate border incidents, expanding the authority of the team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to conduct more frequent monitoring of the border, known as the “line of conflict,â€
