Mattew Bryza viewed positive changes in Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting

ArmInfo. The joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group following the meeting of Presidents Ilham 

Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan in Geneva is the most positive statement for quite a long time, the former OSCE ambassador to Azerbaijan, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Matthew Bryza.

"This indicates that the parties want to intensify the process and 

intend to take measures to reduce tensions on the contact line," 

Bryza told Trend.

According to him, the next logical step is the organization of 

working sessions with the participation of the Foreign Ministers of 

Azerbaijan and Armenia. "If the presidents agreed to resume the 

process, it is, of course, the duty of the co-chairs to organize such 

working meetings with the foreign ministers. This is really good, 

"Bryza added.

At the October 16 meeting, Sargsyan-Aliyev met. The meeting was 

attended by Armenian and Azeri FMs Edward Nalbandian and Elmar 

Mammadyarov, Minsk mediators Igor Popov (Russia), Andrew Scheffer 

(USA), Stefan Visconti (France) and Personal Representative of the 

OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. The meeting was held in a 

constructive atmosphere. The presidents agreed to take additional 

measures to intensify the negotiation process and reduce tensions on 

the contact line. At the same time, the mediators expressed their 

commitment to continue working with the parties to the Karabakh 

conflict to find a peaceful way to resolve it. As a next step in this 

direction, the mediator called the organization of working meetings 

with the foreign ministers of the two countries.