EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar has welcomed the meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

"Encouraged by the recent meeting in Paris of Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan," Toivo Klaar said in a Twitter post. 

"Preparing the populations for peace is crucial and the EU is committed to supporting this process," he added.

Encouraged by the recent meeting in Paris of Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Preparing the populations for peace is crucial and the EU is committed to supporting this process.

— Toivo Klaar (@ToivoKlaar) January 18, 2019

The top diplomats of the two countries held a meeting in Paris on January 16.

• Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs agree to continue result-oriented talks

The Minsk Group Co-Chairs said in a statement that "the Ministers discussed a wide range of issues related to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and agreed upon the necessity of taking concrete measures to prepare the populations for peace"

• Minsk Group Co-Chairs to meet leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan in the near future