Azerbaijan, Baku, April 25 / Trend , E. Ostapenko/ The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs coordinated meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents during a visit to Baku. The presidents will meet in Prague on May 7, OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov told reporters in Baku on April 25.
The meeting will focus on uncoordinated issues, Merzlyakov said in Baku before leaving for Yerevan.
Summit of the EU member states and partners will be held in Prague in early May. The Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents can meet as a part of the summit to discuss resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
OSCE Minks Group co-chairs discussed resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with foreign minister and president of Azerbaijan during the next visit to the country.
"The meeting was fruitful. We learned president's position regarding normalization of Turkey-Armenia ties," OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair Matthew Bryza told Trend earlier.
The co-chairs will leave Baku for Yerevan on April 25. They will head for Khankandi. The co-chairs are expected to meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan after they return from Khankandi to Yerevan on April 27.
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