The Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers are scheduled to meet on the margins of an informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in Almaty on July 16-17. The meeting is prepared by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen on the Karabakh conflict settlement.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Secretary of State and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev will also participate in the talks.

During the informal meeting, to take place at the Ak-Bulak Resort, 35 kilometers south-east of Almaty, Foreign Ministers and other high-level representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States will consider matters related to security in Europe and the OSCE's role, including the agenda of a possible OSCE Summit proposed by the Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship. Some 40 Foreign Ministers are set to participate in the informal meeting, the OSCE press service reported.