YEREVAN. April 1 (Interfax) - Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev have agreed to prepare a number of humanitarian measures in the framework of the Karabakh settlement process and to continue direct dialogue.
"The meeting took place in a positive and constructive atmosphere and provided an opportunity for the two leaders to clarify their respective positions. They exchanged views about several key issues of the settlement process and ideas of substance," the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the two countries' foreign ministers said in a joint statement.
Pashinyan and Aliyev stressed the importance of creating an environment conducive to peace and taking further concrete and tangible steps in the negotiating process to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, the document said.
"The leaders recommitted to strengthening the ceasefire and improving the mechanism for direct communication. They also agreed to develop a number of measures in the humanitarian field," it said.
"The Prime Minister and the President instructed their Ministers to meet with the Co-Chairs again in the near future. They also agreed to continue their direct dialogue," it said.