On the initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, negotiations between President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev started today at the residence of Switzerland’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva and other international organizations.

The meeting is attended by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, Edward Nalbandyan and Elmar Mammadyarov, as well as OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Andrew Schofer (USA), Stefan Visconti (France) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev are due to hold a private meeting following the talks.