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January 17, 2008 Thursday 5:06 PM MSK
Parties to Karabakh conflict discuss principles of settlement, not
treaty - OSCE Minsk Group
YEREVAN Jan 17
Parties to the conflict over Nagorno- Karabakh are discussing the
basic principles of a settlement and it is not a concrete treaty, Co
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-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorno- Karabakh Yury
Merzlyakov of Russia announced Thursday.
"After these principles are coordinated, work on a treaty will
begin," he told reporters in Yerevan.
"No signing of any document should be expected for the moment. What
should be expected is public approval and instructions to foreign
ministers to begin drafting a treaty," the diplomat said.
The Minsk Group co-chairmen will set out for Baku on Friday to spell
out Armenia's position on OSCE group's proposals for the Nagorno-
Karabakh settlement to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.
From: Baghdasarian
January 17, 2008 Thursday 5:06 PM MSK
Parties to Karabakh conflict discuss principles of settlement, not
treaty - OSCE Minsk Group
YEREVAN Jan 17
Parties to the conflict over Nagorno- Karabakh are discussing the
basic principles of a settlement and it is not a concrete treaty, Co
Enhanced Coverage Linkingtreaty, Co -Search using:
News, Most Recent 60 Days
-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorno- Karabakh Yury
Merzlyakov of Russia announced Thursday.
"After these principles are coordinated, work on a treaty will
begin," he told reporters in Yerevan.
"No signing of any document should be expected for the moment. What
should be expected is public approval and instructions to foreign
ministers to begin drafting a treaty," the diplomat said.
The Minsk Group co-chairmen will set out for Baku on Friday to spell
out Armenia's position on OSCE group's proposals for the Nagorno-
Karabakh settlement to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.
From: Baghdasarian