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AZERI MINISTER HAILS KARABAKH TALKS IN BUCHAREST AS "POSITIVE"
ANS TV, Baku
5 Jun 06
The meeting of the [Azerbaijani and Armenian] presidents to discuss
a peaceful resolution of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict continued in
Bucharest today. The details of the expanded and one-to-one talks are
being kept confidential. The meeting, held with the participation
of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, was the continuation of a
stage-by-stage solution within the framework of the Prague process.
In an exclusive interview with ANS, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov described the meeting of the heads of state as positive.
[Passage omitted: OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs stayed in Bucharest to
discuss results of the presidents' meeting]
Mammadyarov said that he would not object to a second meeting with
[Armenian counterpart] Vardan Oskanyan. After five hours of talks
during two days, one can conclude that there is a need to continue
the work to bring the positions of the sides closer. Asked by an
ANS correspondent about the time of another meeting between the
presidents, Mammadyarov said that it was too early to speak about
this. Everything depends on constructive elements which might be
manifested in a statement to be issued by the OSCE Minsk Group, end
of quote. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told ANS that this was
a normal discussion, but there wasn't anything new. Kocharyan said
that it was a joint decision not to divulge the details of the talks.
[Video showed meeting of Azerbaijani, Armenian leaders, OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairs]
ANS TV, Baku
5 Jun 06
The meeting of the [Azerbaijani and Armenian] presidents to discuss
a peaceful resolution of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict continued in
Bucharest today. The details of the expanded and one-to-one talks are
being kept confidential. The meeting, held with the participation
of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, was the continuation of a
stage-by-stage solution within the framework of the Prague process.
In an exclusive interview with ANS, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov described the meeting of the heads of state as positive.
[Passage omitted: OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs stayed in Bucharest to
discuss results of the presidents' meeting]
Mammadyarov said that he would not object to a second meeting with
[Armenian counterpart] Vardan Oskanyan. After five hours of talks
during two days, one can conclude that there is a need to continue
the work to bring the positions of the sides closer. Asked by an
ANS correspondent about the time of another meeting between the
presidents, Mammadyarov said that it was too early to speak about
this. Everything depends on constructive elements which might be
manifested in a statement to be issued by the OSCE Minsk Group, end
of quote. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told ANS that this was
a normal discussion, but there wasn't anything new. Kocharyan said
that it was a joint decision not to divulge the details of the talks.
[Video showed meeting of Azerbaijani, Armenian leaders, OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairs]