French President Francois Hollande is expected to meet Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in October.

According to French ambassador to Azerbaijan Pascal Monnier, the trilateral meeting is scheduled to take place in Paris.

The meeting will focus on the Karabakh conflict settlement efforts, the envoy said, stressing the importance of the event in preservation of peace, APA reported.

A tripartite meeting was held September 4 in Newport between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the initiative of the American side.

Discussed were issues related to the current stage and the prospects of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict talks. The conflicting sides presented their respective positions with regard to the negotiation process.

Reiterating that there is no alternative to the peaceful settlement and ruling out any attempt to escalate the situation, State Secretary Kerry urged the parties to find mechanisms for easing the tensions and develop confidence building measures between the sides.

Stressing the need to continue the talks in the OSCE Minsk Group format, Kerry expressed readiness to support the search of ways for conflict resolution. He underscored that the sides need to show strong commitment and political will on the way to peaceful settlement.