16 Oct 2017 13:46

Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents meeting in Geneva

YEREVAN. Oct 16 (Interfax) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have started talks on a Karabakh settlement in Geneva.

"The negotiations involve the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs," Armenian presidential press secretary Vladimir Akopyan wrote on his Twitter account.

The talks are taking place at the residence of the Swiss envoy to the UN Office at Geneva, the Armenian presidential press service said.

"Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk are taking part in the negotiations. A tete-a-tete between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents will follow," the press service said.