Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia complete Nagorno-Karabakh talks in key west

President Geidar Aliyev of Azerbaijan and his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan finished their Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Key West, Fla., this Friday. The next round of talks is to be held in Geneva in June, said the spokesmen of the USA, Russia and France, who acted as intermediaries representing the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh, at a press conference in Key West.

The Russian delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Trubnikov. As expected, the Key West talks ended without signing any agreements. No details about the practical results of the four-day negotiations were reported, with the exception of a phrase on "certain progress." The USA, Russia and France point out in the joint communique, signed by the co-chairmen of the meeting, that the serious and intensive discussions were held in Key West and that the co-chairs of the Minsk Group would elaborate a new all-embracing suggestion for carrying on the efforts to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh problems. On Saturday Aliyev and Kocharyan will go to Washington, where President George Bush will hold separate meetings with them on Monday.