On September 27 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian met the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group- Igor Popov, Jacques Faure and James Warlick as well as Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

The Ministers and Co-Chairs continued discussions concerning the essence of the peace process.

The Co-Chairs underlined commitment of their three countries to support peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue based on the non-use of force or the threat of force, territorial integrity, and equal rights and self determination of peoples. They also referred to the statement of their three Presidents on June 18, 2013, with special stress to the appeal to the sides to refrain from any actions or rhetoric that could raise tension in the region and lead to escalation of the conflict.

The Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan reaffirmed their determination to reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

The Co-Chairs informed that they expect to visit the region in November to discuss questions with the Presidents concerning the scheduled summit meeting later this year.