Armenia FM briefs MPs on latest developments in Karabakh settlement

PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Tuesday, June 28 met with the members of the Armenian parliament’s standing committee on foreign relations and the head of the commiittee Artak Zakaryan, the Ministry said in a statement.

Nalbandian briefed the officials on the outcome of the latest meeting on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement held in Vienna and Saint Petersburg, the agreements reached at both summits and efforts towards renewing the negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev met on June 20 in Saint Petersburg to address the conflict, with Russian President Vladimir Putin mediating the talks. The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents confirmed their commitment to the implementation of agreements reached at a Vienna-hosted meeting on May 16. To that end, they have agreed to increase the number of international observers in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. Also, they expressed satisfaction that the ceasefire was now holding.

Prior to that, a meeting between both leaders was organized on May 16 in Vienna, with top diplomats from the MG co-chairing countries hosting the summit.