President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev met the co-chairs of the Minsk Group of OSCE - January 28 2003

On January 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev who, participated in the summit of CIS countries held in Kiev, received the co-chairs of the Minsk Group of OSCE Rudolf Perina (USA), Nicolay Gribkov (Russia) and Anri Jakolen (France), as well as the former co-chairman of France Ug Perne at a specially designated residence.

The meeting focused on the peaceful resolution of the Armenian - Azerbaijani Mountainous Garabagh conflict.

Heydar Aliyev again pointed out the importance of maintaining the ceasefire regime till a lasting peace is achieved, and he emphasized the need for increasing the initiatives within the Minsk Group of OSCE in the process of the settlement of the conflict as well.

Within the discussions, the necessity and continuity of direct meetings of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents in terms of the conflict resolution was highlighted.

The co-chairs of the Minsk Group of OSCE expressed their gratitude to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev for his time to receive them.