16.09.2004 Yesterday in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana, a meeting between the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia, took place. The meeting lasted for two hours. Prior to that President Kocharian held a separate meeting with the president of Azerbaijan,Ilham Aliyev. After the Kocharian-Aliyev-Putin meeting the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan held a meeting with the cochairmen of the OSCE Minsk group. The main topic of discussion was the settlement of the conflict of Nagorno-Karabagh.