YEREVAN. – Actions aimed at reducing tension in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, and the avenues for moving the conflict resolution forward were discussed at Saturday’s talk between President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Bern, the capital city of Switzerland.

At the end of negotiations, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian responded to the questions posed by Armenian media representatives, and commented on the results of this meeting, informed the Press Office of the President of Armenia.

The talk—which was held at the Swiss Government House—had gotten underway with the participation of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the US, and Pierre Andrieu of France as well as Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office; and subsequently, the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting was held without these mediators.

And following their tête-à-tête that extended more than one hour, the co-chairs as well as the FMs of both countries were invited in.
In Bern, Sargsyan also had met with the Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter.