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The presidents of the two countries held face-to-face talks on 10-11 February outside Paris on the status of the Armenian-majority enclave.

In the run-up to the summit, diplomats had expressed guarded optimism that progress could be made in settling the 18-year-old dispute, which has claimed at least 25,000 lives and driven more than a million people from their homes.

The Minsk group of Russian, French, and U.S. mediators are set to meet in Washington in March to formulate the framework of future negotiations.

(AFP)

Armenia Says More Talks To Come On Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh troops in training exercises last year (file photo) (Photolur)
14 February 2006 -- Armenia says it is confident of further negotiations with Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after recent talks in France failed to produce a breakthrough.

Armenia Says More Talks To Come On Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh troops in training exercises last year (file photo) (Photolur)14 February 2006 -- Armenia says it is confident of further negotiations with Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after recent talks in France failed to produce a breakthrough.

Nagorno-Karabakh troops in training exercises last year (file photo) (Photolur)
14 February 2006 -- Armenia says it is confident of further negotiations with Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after recent talks in France failed to produce a breakthrough.