The meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnasakanyan occured in Washington, Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told APA.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov, Andrew Schofer and Stefan Visconti and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk will attend the meeting.

The Co-Chairs met separately and then jointly with the Ministers.  They also briefed Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker on the situation on the ground and the status of settlement talks.  Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk also took part in these meetings.

During their conversation with the Co-Chairs, the Foreign Ministers agreed upon the importance of taking full advantage of the existing direct communication links in order to react swiftly to reduce the risk of escalation.

The Foreign Ministers agreed to meet again in the near future under the auspices of the Co-Chairs.

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