Russian and Turkish leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Abdullah Gul met today on the sidelines of the OSCE summit in Astana, PRIME TASS reported referring to Natalya Timakova, press secretary of the Russian President.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, the OSCE Summit opened on December 1 in Astana after 11 years’ break. The delegation headed by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Astana on November 30.

The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (the President of the Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev, the Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon, and the Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton), the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and the President of Armenia Serge Sargsyan issued a joint statement. They agreed that the time has come for more decisive efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

They called for additional steps to strengthen the ceasefire and carry out confidence-building.