TALKS ON ALIYEV-KOCHARIAN MEETING TO BE HELD DURING OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS' VISIT TO THE REGION
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 23 2006
At the proposal of the Council of Europe, OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
organized the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia
Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan within the 116th session of
the Council of Europe Committee of Foreign Ministers in Strasbourg
on 19 May.
Refusing to speak about the details of the meeting, OSCE MG Russian
co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov told APA that the meeting was effective.
As coming to whether Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents meeting is
planned, Mr.Merzlyakov said that the date and place of the meeting
of the Presidents might be fixed during the co-chairs' upcoming visit
to the region soon.
The co-chairs propose organizing the meeting of the heads of state
within the summit- "Black Sea for dialogue and partnership" scheduled
for June 4-6 this year in Romanian capital, Bucharest. It was said
before the meeting of Mammadyarov and Oskanyan in Strasbourg that
the co-chairs together with their Foreign Ministries high ranking
officials might pay a visit to the region depending on the results
of the Ministers' meeting. So, the co-chairs preparing for the visit
shows that the talks in Strasbourg had certain result.
The Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov, Steven Mann, Bernar Fasier
together with deputy Russian Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin, US
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried
and French Foreign Ministry director for political affairs Stanislas
D'Labule will visit Baku and Yerevan.
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 23 2006
At the proposal of the Council of Europe, OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
organized the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia
Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan within the 116th session of
the Council of Europe Committee of Foreign Ministers in Strasbourg
on 19 May.
Refusing to speak about the details of the meeting, OSCE MG Russian
co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov told APA that the meeting was effective.
As coming to whether Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents meeting is
planned, Mr.Merzlyakov said that the date and place of the meeting
of the Presidents might be fixed during the co-chairs' upcoming visit
to the region soon.
The co-chairs propose organizing the meeting of the heads of state
within the summit- "Black Sea for dialogue and partnership" scheduled
for June 4-6 this year in Romanian capital, Bucharest. It was said
before the meeting of Mammadyarov and Oskanyan in Strasbourg that
the co-chairs together with their Foreign Ministries high ranking
officials might pay a visit to the region depending on the results
of the Ministers' meeting. So, the co-chairs preparing for the visit
shows that the talks in Strasbourg had certain result.
The Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov, Steven Mann, Bernar Fasier
together with deputy Russian Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin, US
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried
and French Foreign Ministry director for political affairs Stanislas
D'Labule will visit Baku and Yerevan.