On December 9, on the sidelines of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg, Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, had a meeting with Herbert Salber, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.

The interlocutors discussed the steps being undertaken towards the implementation of agreements reached during the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

The Foreign Minister of Armenia emphasized the necessity of unconditional implementation of those agreements for the advancement of the peace process.

The EU Special Representative noted that the peaceful settlement of the conflict has no alternative, and reaffirmed the EU support to the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.