YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The latest developments in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement were discussed at the meeting of RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and NKR President Bako Sahakian held on December 19 in Stepanakert. E. Nalbandian presented the Artsakh President with the results of the OSCE Foreign Ministers' Council held in Helsinki and the details of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs' meeting with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadiarov in the capital city of Finland. The interlocutors highly estimated the statements of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries' Foreign Ministers and OSCE Foreign Ministers' Council on Nagorno Karabakh settlement. On December 20, E. Nalbandian visited Artsakh State University, where he spoke before students and lecturers. The Minister presented the Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations process and prospects. Touching upon the issue of Artsakh authorities' participation in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement process, E. Nalbandian stressed that no agreement can be reached without Artsakh party's full participation in the negotiations. According to the report provided to Noyan Tapan by the RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information Department, E. Nalbandian also had meetings with NKR National Assembly Speaker Ashot Ghulian and NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosian.

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