21/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – The spokesperson of the European External Action Service welcomed on Friday 18 January the exchanges held in recent months between the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders, including a meeting of heads of diplomacy on 16 January, as a “positive signal for progress in the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict”. “The European Union is looking forward to the full implementation of their outcomes, including the recent Foreign Ministers’ agreement on the need to take concrete measures to prepare the populations for peace, as well as the consideration of steps aimed at reinvigorating the negotiations”, they stressed in a statement. The spokesperson recalled the EU's “full” support for the mediation efforts of the Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) to find a solution to this conflict. (CG)