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NO NEW KARABAKH AGREEMENTS EXPECTED DURING PRESIDENTS' DINNER IN ST. PETE - KREMLIN AIDE
Interfax
June 4 2009
Russia
No new agreements are expected on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
at an upcoming meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev,
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
in St. Petersburg, Kremlin aide Sergei Prikhodko said.
"We are not setting the goal of reaching new agreements or holding
a detailed discussion of the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh," Prikhodko
told journalists on Thursday.
Medvedev is set first to meet with Aliyev and then with Sargsyan
on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum on Thursday,
after which the three will have a working dinner.
"This is not a special tripartite meeting on settling the Nagorno-
Karabakh problem. We are not setting the goal of pursuing some special
project, as quite an intensive dialogue within the [OSCE] Minsk Group
is under way. We are not setting ourselves super-tasks," he said.
"This will be a working dinner including familiarization with St.
Petersburg's brilliant sights," Prikhodko said.
"It is Russia's fundamental position in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
process that no recipes should be imposed on the conflicting parties
from the outside, assuming that the main responsibility for the final
choice should rest with the Azeris and Armenians themselves," he said.
A diplomatic source told Interfax earlier that, before meeting with
the Russian president, the Azeri and Armenian presidents would have
a bilateral meeting, which would be preceded by a meeting between
the Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers.
Interfax
June 4 2009
Russia
No new agreements are expected on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
at an upcoming meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev,
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
in St. Petersburg, Kremlin aide Sergei Prikhodko said.
"We are not setting the goal of reaching new agreements or holding
a detailed discussion of the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh," Prikhodko
told journalists on Thursday.
Medvedev is set first to meet with Aliyev and then with Sargsyan
on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum on Thursday,
after which the three will have a working dinner.
"This is not a special tripartite meeting on settling the Nagorno-
Karabakh problem. We are not setting the goal of pursuing some special
project, as quite an intensive dialogue within the [OSCE] Minsk Group
is under way. We are not setting ourselves super-tasks," he said.
"This will be a working dinner including familiarization with St.
Petersburg's brilliant sights," Prikhodko said.
"It is Russia's fundamental position in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
process that no recipes should be imposed on the conflicting parties
from the outside, assuming that the main responsibility for the final
choice should rest with the Azeris and Armenians themselves," he said.
A diplomatic source told Interfax earlier that, before meeting with
the Russian president, the Azeri and Armenian presidents would have
a bilateral meeting, which would be preceded by a meeting between
the Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers.