The situation with the peace settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be the main topic of discussion at a meeting of Azerbaijani and Turkish foreign ministers - Elmar Mammadyarov and Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish Foreign Ministry Eurasian Department head Mehmet Fatih Ceylan told.
The meeting will take place within the informal summit of foreign ministers of the OSCE countries in Almaty.
Earlier the OSCE's press-service told that a joint meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers is planned to be held with colleagues from the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - France, Russia and the U.S within the summit. A preliminary date of the meeting is July 17. It is expected that the parties will make joint statements after the talks.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
Turkish media also reported on the upcoming bilateral meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian. But the press office of the Armenian Foreign Ministry has denied this information. It is not planned to hold such a meeting. There is no such agreement, Armenia Today reported.
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