The Presidency of the European Union welcomes the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow on 17 July, and encourages both parties to continue and intensify their efforts towards a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, says EU official statement.

The Presidency commends the tireless efforts of the Minsk Group Co-Chairmen, consisting of France, the Russian Federation and the United States, and extends to them its full support.

The 7th meeting of Aliyev-Sargsyan was held with participation of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, July 17, 2009. Later in the day the meeting went in the tête-à-tête format, and then was again enlarged. Trilateral Summit talks of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan continued after the RF President’s Prize horse race, July 18. Official Moscow termed the meeting constructive.