YEREVAN. – Armenia looks positively toward the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ proposal to soon hold a meeting between the FMs of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia’s Acting Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated this during his joint news conference Thursday with his Czech colleague, Karel Schwarzenberg.   

In Nalbandian’s words, the fact that no progress is yet achieved in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks has nothing to do with Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, or the Co-Chairs. He noted that Armenia has always responded positively to the mediators’ proposals for holding talks.    

“Our response was positive this time, as well. There are a variety of ideas with respect to the location and time of the meeting. I believe there will be such chance next week,” Nalbandian noted.

He also extended his thanks to the Czech Republic for its position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In his words, the Czech Republic and other EU member states assist in the Minsk Group efforts to settle this conflict.    

“This has been announced on numerous occasions,” Edward Nalbandian stated.