"There is sufficient confidence between the sides [Azerbaijan and Armenia]. It is possible to expect serious progress in regulating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the next few months," American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group told Trend News correspondent on Thursday.
Bryza said he held productive meetings with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov regarding the ways of regulating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Next meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will be held in Prague or Brussels on May 7. The co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group will be back to Baku n a few days," said Bryza.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
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