Prague meeting with Azerbaijani foreign minister positive – Armenian FM

YEREVAN. Sept 2 (Interfax) – The Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers who held discussions in Prague on August 30 have described the meeting as a step forward in the Karabakh settlement.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told the Armenian public television that Armenia and Azerbaijan are laying a foundation for further negotiations so that they can start discussing specific aspects of the settlement process.

“The foundation has not been laid yet but we are working on it. I positively regard the Prague meeting because it was the most important of four contacts with my Azerbaijani colleague in laying the further negotiations’ basis,” Oskanian said.

Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet again during a CIS summit in Astana in September.