Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential summit was held in constructive atmosphere, say foreign ministers

The foreign minister of Armenia and Azerbaijan have summed up the outcomes of the recnet meeting between Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev.

In a joint statement released after the summit held at Geneva, Switzerland earlier on Monday, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov praise the constructive atmosphere in which the two state leaders agreed on future measure “to intensify the negotiation process”.

The full text of thes statement is below:

"The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a summit today in Geneva, Switzerland. Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov also attended the meeting, which was organized under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America). The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the summit.

"The meeting took place in a constructive atmosphere. 

"The Presidents agreed to take measures to intensify the negotiation process and to take additional steps to reduce tensions on the Line of Contact.

"The Co-Chairs expressed their satisfaction with these direct talks, which took place after a long interval. They remain ready to work with the sides on mediating a peacefully negotiated settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. As a next step, the Co-Chairs will organize working sessions with the Ministers in the near future."