Igor Popov: “Azerbaijani President has agreed to meet with the Armenian counterpart “

“The next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents is planned to be held by the end of the year,” said Russian OSCE Minsk Group co-chair Igor Popov, APA reports. Co-Chair said that it was one of the issues discussed at today’s meeting with the President of Azerbaijan. Popov said that the President has agreed to hold such a meeting: “The co-chairs will leave for Yerevan today. They will discuss this issue with the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. A formal statement will be issued after this issue is discussed in Armenia. We hope that the meeting can be held by the end of the year.”

Asked about whether the meeting will be held within any event, the co-chair said that they are currently working on it. /APA/