ARMENIAN AND AZERI FMS' MEETING HELD IN STRASBOURG
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 19 2006
May 18 RA and AR FMs Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov met in
Strasbourg. During the meeting the parties considered the ways of
the Karabakh conflict settlement.
According to the information DE FACTO received at the RA MFA press
service, the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs Steven Mann (the U.S.), Bernard
Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) had also participated
in the meeting. After the negotiations Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar
Mammadyarov proceeded with the talks in a separate format.
The meeting's goal is to prepare a visit of the Deputy FMs of the U.S.,
France and Russia, the countries that co-chair the OSCE Minsk group,
to the conflict region late May. In the course of the meeting the
principles and approaches to the Karabakh conflict settlement were
discussed. The Armenian party gives positive estimate to the meeting,
though there still remain unsettled issues.
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 19 2006
May 18 RA and AR FMs Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov met in
Strasbourg. During the meeting the parties considered the ways of
the Karabakh conflict settlement.
According to the information DE FACTO received at the RA MFA press
service, the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs Steven Mann (the U.S.), Bernard
Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) had also participated
in the meeting. After the negotiations Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar
Mammadyarov proceeded with the talks in a separate format.
The meeting's goal is to prepare a visit of the Deputy FMs of the U.S.,
France and Russia, the countries that co-chair the OSCE Minsk group,
to the conflict region late May. In the course of the meeting the
principles and approaches to the Karabakh conflict settlement were
discussed. The Armenian party gives positive estimate to the meeting,
though there still remain unsettled issues.