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AZERI, ARMENIAN LEADERS' TALKS NOT ON G8 SUMMIT AGENDA - US MEDIATOR
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) has played down reports
suggesting that Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian are
expected to table settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh during the upcoming G8 summit in
St. Petersburg.
"I am unaware of such a meeting. This was not discussed at the June
22 meeting [of the co-chairs] in Vienna," Matthew Bryza told an
Armenian newspaper.
"We have made no proposals to that end. We suggested that the
presidents take a time-out to discuss the framework agreement. But
holding a presidential meeting would be good," Bryza said. He added
that Russia to host the meeting should invite the two leaders to hold
the discussions.
The intermediaries' earlier statement that there is a framework deal on
the negotiating table has caused a great deal of debate. Azeri Deputy
Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said such a document is not on agenda.
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) has played down reports
suggesting that Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian are
expected to table settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh during the upcoming G8 summit in
St. Petersburg.
"I am unaware of such a meeting. This was not discussed at the June
22 meeting [of the co-chairs] in Vienna," Matthew Bryza told an
Armenian newspaper.
"We have made no proposals to that end. We suggested that the
presidents take a time-out to discuss the framework agreement. But
holding a presidential meeting would be good," Bryza said. He added
that Russia to host the meeting should invite the two leaders to hold
the discussions.
The intermediaries' earlier statement that there is a framework deal on
the negotiating table has caused a great deal of debate. Azeri Deputy
Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said such a document is not on agenda.