Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev have agreed to meet later this year to discuss key elements of NK conflict.

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ statement disseminated today reads this.

“The Presidents confirmed their commitment to hold a summit under the auspices of the Co-Chairs before the end of the year to discuss key elements of a settlement and other issues. We stressed to the Presidents the dangers of violence along the Line of Contact and Armenia-Azerbaijan border. The use of heavy weapons, such as mortars and rocket launchers, is unacceptable”, the statement notes.

The Co-Chairs have urged the sides to take all the steps to prevent escalation of tension.

“We raised existing proposals designed to stabilize the security situation and create a more constructive atmosphere for negotiations”, said the mediators.

The mediators have also touched upon the recent incident taken place at the end of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ monitoring of NK-Azerbaijan contact line.

“The sides have made an obligation to guarantee the safety of monitoring personnel. This incident represents a deliberate effort to undermine progress towards a settlement. It also underscores the need for the OSCE to have the ability to investigate violations of the ceasefire”, noted the Co-Chairs.

Within this week’s regional visit, the Co-Chairs met with Armenian, NK and Azerbaijani leadership.