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Co-chairs issue statement in Baku: â€œChisinau meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents will take place on October 8â€

06 October 2009 09:04 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that earlier the co-chairs issued a statement. Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov presented the statement.

The statement reads that the co-chairs came to Baku after holding meetings with Armenian authorities.
â€œWe offered Azerbaijani President to meet with his Armenian counterpart in Chisinau. Ilham Aliyev gave his consent to the meeting. The meeting will take place prior to the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States on October 8.â€
According to the statement Chisinau meeting will be the continuation of the meeting held in Moscow on July 18.

Yuri Merzlyakov said President Ilham Aliyev regarded the outcomes of the Moscow meeting as positive.
â€œPresident said Chisinau meeting will continue the positive dynamics of the Moscow meeting,â€ he said.

French co-chair Bernard Fassier expressed his satisfaction with the meeting with Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh.
â€œAll the members of the community told us that they are ready to live together with the Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh again,â€ he said.

U.S. co-chair Robert Bradtke said it is his first visit to Azerbaijan in capacity of co-chair and noted that the U.S. government is ready to continue mediation in the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
â€œSome progress has been made in the negotiations up to now. We hope that more progress will be achieved in Chisinau meeting,â€ he said.