Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Kazan to attend a traditional horse race for Russian President’s prize.
A meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will follow as continuation of the series of talks for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The day before, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs came out with a statement saying that the meeting between designed to serve as a landmark in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. “We expect Baku and Yerevan to react constructively on the joint statement made on May 26 in Deauville by the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, which contains a call upon the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to demonstrate political will and finalize the basic principles (of a peace agreement) during the forthcoming summit in June,” the statement said.
