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Moscow to Host Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Talks as Fighting Continues

VOA News

   Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed toparticipate in
   Moscow-mediatedtalkstoend the fighting over
   Nagorno-Karabakh,theRussianForeign Affairs Ministrysaid Friday.

   As deadlyclashes over thebreakawayAzerbaijaniregioncontinued
   overnightThursday, foreign ministers of both countriesacceptedRussian
   President Vladimir Putin's invitationto meet for the first negotiations
   since fighting eruptedSept.27.

   "Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation,"AFP
   quotedRussianministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharovaas
   saying.Thepreparations were underway, she said.

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