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Talks last week in Moscow between the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers seeking to settle the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict produced no tangible result despite proceeding constructively.
The Azerbaijani minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, told a news conference after meeting his counterpart on Friday that their meeting had been beneficial and both sides decided to continue holding peace talks. Also, he did not rule out that a meeting of the two countries` presidents might soon take place.
The Armenian minister, Eduard Nalbandian, said both countries had agreed to continue negotiating, using the conflict resolution agenda introduced by OSCE mediators.
He also said the next face-to-face meeting might be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in late September.
"We sense, today, how important such meetings are. Our meeting before the UN session is possible, as well," Nalbandian said.
Mammadyarov and Nalbandian first had a one-on-one meeting at the Russian foreign minister`s residence, followed by broad discussions during a meeting attended by the co-chairs of the mediating OSCE Minsk Group (MG). The members of the Minsk Group had held discussions in the Russian capital prior to Thursday`s meeting of foreign ministers.
Meanwhile, Novruz Mammadov, head of the Azerbaijan President`s Office international relations department, called upon the MG co-chairs to step up effort at finding a solution to the long-standing dispute.
Mammadov expressed disappointment that some of the demands put forward by Baku were not met.
"The co-chairs either don`t understand us or simply don`t want to do so," he told a local TV channel. "As diplomats or experts on conflicts, we respect their work. But the co-chairs should justify and assert themselves. It is useless just to pass time, come and go, and prolong the matter."