Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, Serzh Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev meet in Geneva on Monday
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Minsk Group Co-Chairs announcement
GENEVA—The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev, met Monday at the residence of the Swiss permanent representative to the United Nations to discuss next steps in the ongoing negotiations to resolve the Karabakh conflict, with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen mediating the discussion.
Following the meeting Sarkisian and Aliyev held a one-on-one meeting for 45 minutes, according to a series of tweets by Vladimir Hakobyan, Sarkisian’s press secretary who posted a photo of the two leaders seated in the courtyard of the venue where the meeting took place.
Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev held a 45-minute one-on-one meeting on Oct. 16
During the meeting mediated by the co-chairs, the presidents agreed to take steps to intensify the negotiations and take additional steps to reduce tensions along the Armenia, Artsakh and Azerbaijan borders, commonly referred to as the Line of Contact.
“The meeting took place in a constructive atmosphere,â€
