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International mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh have called on both sides to be constructive in their public statements ``at this important moment in the negotiating process.``
Assessing the outcomes of their meetings held in the United States, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group said in a statement that, as agreed in Moscow on July 18, they will travel to Armenia and Azerbaijan to prepare for a proposed meeting between Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sarkisian in Chisinau on the margins of the CIS summit.
The co-chairs - Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Robert Bradtke of the United States - met Friday in New York with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The two ministers and the co-chairs reaffirmed a commitment to negotiations based on the principles of the peace process and discussed upcoming visit of the co-chairs to the region, which is scheduled for October 1.
Also, newly appointed US co-chair Robert Bradtke invited his French and Russian counterparts, Bernard Fassier and Yury Merzlyakov, and Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, to Washington on Thursday for consultations. The co-chairs met with Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tina Kaidanow.

Status quo `unacceptable`
The US administration considers the status quo in the Garabagh conflict settlement unacceptable, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a meeting with Minister Mammadyarov.
Clinton reiterated Washington`s readiness to hurry a resolution to the conflict, according to the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry.
Mammadyarov noted that reaching a solution to the long-lasting dispute was possible strictly within Azerbaijan`s sovereignty, territorial integrity and internationally recognized borders.
The Clinton-Mammadyarov meeting took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.