Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents’ Munich talks were not “smooth and easy”, said RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan in the course of his visit to Italy.

According to him, the sides managed to retain “positive tendency established in the course of last eight meetings of Presidents within recent year and a half.”

Asked why the statements of Baku and Yerevan after each meeting differ, Nalbandyan replied, “The statements of Armenia after presidential meetings are concordant with those of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, that is they are true to fact.”

Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev met in Munich, Nov. 22. OSCE MG Co-Chairs noted progress in the negotiation process, however underlining certain difficulties. The agreement to continue negotiations was achieved and preparation for the next meeting started.