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RUSSIAN SPOKESPERSON SAYS AZERI-ARMENIAN MEETING IN ST PETERSBURG IMPORTANT
Interfax
June 4 2009
Russia
St Petersburg, 4 June: The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia,
Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, met on Thursday [4 June] in the
presence of OSCE Minsk Group representatives. Details of the meeting
are not available yet.
A meeting with Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev is to take place
separately with the presidents of these countries at a later time.
After these meetings the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will
join a working dinner given by President Dmitriy Medvedev.
The press secretary of the Russian president, Natalya Timakova, said
on Tuesday [2 June] that the expected meeting of the Russian president
with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan tells about intentions of
the parties to continue the dialogue on a peaceful settlement to the
[Nagornyy] Karabakh conflict.
"The meeting itself is important, because this means the continuation
of the process which the president started earlier when the Moscow
declaration was signed [in November 2008]," Timakova told journalists.
"This is an important moment that leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan
visit St Petersburg to attend the [International Economic] Forum. This
allows [them] to meet again and discuss the current situation. The
continuation of the dialogue and demonstration of the readiness by
the parties for the dialogue and recognition of Russia's mediating
role is important," the [Russian] president's press secretary said.
Interfax
June 4 2009
Russia
St Petersburg, 4 June: The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia,
Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, met on Thursday [4 June] in the
presence of OSCE Minsk Group representatives. Details of the meeting
are not available yet.
A meeting with Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev is to take place
separately with the presidents of these countries at a later time.
After these meetings the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will
join a working dinner given by President Dmitriy Medvedev.
The press secretary of the Russian president, Natalya Timakova, said
on Tuesday [2 June] that the expected meeting of the Russian president
with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan tells about intentions of
the parties to continue the dialogue on a peaceful settlement to the
[Nagornyy] Karabakh conflict.
"The meeting itself is important, because this means the continuation
of the process which the president started earlier when the Moscow
declaration was signed [in November 2008]," Timakova told journalists.
"This is an important moment that leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan
visit St Petersburg to attend the [International Economic] Forum. This
allows [them] to meet again and discuss the current situation. The
continuation of the dialogue and demonstration of the readiness by
the parties for the dialogue and recognition of Russia's mediating
role is important," the [Russian] president's press secretary said.