The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will meet in Vienna on November 6.
After the meeting, the co-chairs will hold a joint news conference, the OSCE stated.
Presidents of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, Armenia, Serj Sarkisian and Russia, Dmitry Medvedev signed a declaration at the end of their meeting in “Mayn Dorf” castle near Moscow on November 2.
Leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan decided to make joint efforts to normalize the situation in Caucasus and Foreign Ministers were charged to continue works over the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasia started in 1988 over territorial claims raised by Armenia against Azerbaijan. The occupation started in 1988. Until December 1991, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojaly. But in 1992-93, Shusha, Khojaly and seven surrounding districts of Nagorno-Karabakh were occupied too. In 1994, the parties signed the ceasefire agreement and hold peace talks under the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the USA till today.
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