YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–Armenian President Robert Kocharian and President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghoukassian held a meeting January 25 to discuss the current state of the Karabakh settlement and possible development of the settlement process. The two also discussed the recent CIS summit in Moscow.
Kocharian presented to Ghoukassian a detailed information on the Moscow negotiations and–in particular–on the his meeting with Azeri President Heydar Aliyev attended by Russia’s Acting President Vladimir Putin.
The sides also discussed the current political situation in Nagorno Karabakh and emphasized the importance of the development of civil society in the country–and the implementation of economic and democratic reforms.