YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. At the course of the meeting with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of France François Hollande touched upon the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the meeting of Presidents Sargsyan and Aliyev, which was held in Paris on October 27. As reports “Armenpress” citing the official website of the President of France, in his speech François Hollande stated that before the meeting with Erdoğan, a significant meeting was held in the Minsk Group format, where the Karabakh issue was discussed. The French President finds that the Paris meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents is much more efficient, than it is being assessed.

Holding that meeting is a positive step and according to the French President the principles, which the issue’s regulation is based on, are acceptable for the sides, which can give an opportunity to record progress in this issue. Among other things, Hollande stated that they take into consideration Turkey’s attention to this issue.

Previously it was reported that on the initiative of French President Francois Hollande, negotiations over the NKR conflict were held on October 27 at the Paris Marine Palace. After meeting the French President, the Armenian and Azeri Presidents conducted negotiations with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasperchik, followed by a private conversation between Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev. The negotiation results were summed up late in the evening at a joint meeting between Presidents Francois Hollande, Serzh Sargsyan, Ilham Aliyev and the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the USA, Pierre Andrieu of France and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasperchik. The participants attached great importance to continuing dialogue within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship and confidence-building efforts in order to make progress in peaceful negotiations. The absence of an alternative to the peaceful resolution of the conflict was stressed. The parties made an arrangement to proceed with high-level negotiations.

On behalf of the French President, a supper was held in honor of the Armenian and Azeri Presidents at the Elysee Palace on the evening of October 27.