On May 6, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Strasbourg for the 118th session of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, had a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov at the premises of the Permanent Representation of France to the Council of Europe in Strasburg. Following the meeting of two Ministers, Co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier (France), Matthew Bryza (USA), Yury Merzlyakov (Russia) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office Andrzej Kasprzyk joined them.

After the meeting Minister Nalbandian informed the journalists that the meeting was a familiarization one, the two Ministers exchanged views on Nagorno Karabakh peace process, presented the approaches of their countries and agreed on continuation of the negotiations. The Ministers will present the results of the discussion to their Presidents, who will decide on further steps.

Before the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Minister Nalbandian had met OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office. The continuation of the peace process, based on the Co- chairs’ proposals was discussed in that meeting. Minister Nalbandian highly appreciated the activity and the efforts made by the Co-chairs and confirmed the willingness of Armenia to continue the negotiations aimed at the finding of solutions.