The United States has praised the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia for meeting for the first time in almost two years.
The U.S. State Department said in a statement that the summit on November 19 in Vienna "is an important step toward restarting dialogue and demonstrates the leaders’ shared commitment to bring an end to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met under the auspices of the OSCE's Minsk Group, co-chaired by France, Russia, and the United States.
After the meeting, the Minsk Group issued said Sarkisian and Aliyev had agreed to advance negotiations toward a peaceful settlement and to meet again at an unspecified date in the near future.
The U.S. State Department said in a statement that the summit on November 19 in Vienna "is an important step toward restarting dialogue and demonstrates the leaders’ shared commitment to bring an end to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met under the auspices of the OSCE's Minsk Group, co-chaired by France, Russia, and the United States.
After the meeting, the Minsk Group issued said Sarkisian and Aliyev had agreed to advance negotiations toward a peaceful settlement and to meet again at an unspecified date in the near future.