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DOCUMENTS UNLIKELY TO BE SIGNED AT ARMENIAN-AZERI MEETING IN ASTRAKHAN - YEREVAN
Interfax
Oct 26 2010
Russia
Documents unlikely to be signed at Armenian-Azeri meeting in Astrakhan
- Yerevan Yerevan is not placing high hopes on an upcoming meeting
of the Armenian and Azeri presidents in the city of Astrakhan in
southern Russia.
"The upcoming presidential meeting is important from the point of
view of continuing our talks, in which Russia has been playing a
great role as a co-chairman of the OSCE (Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe) Minsk Group helping resolve the Karabakh
conflict," Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of the parliamentary faction
of Armenia's ruling Republican Party, told journalists on Tuesday.
For his part, Republican Party spokesman Gagik Melikyan told
journalists that no documents would be signed at the presidential
meeting in Astrakhan, which will also be attended by Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev.
"The Astrakhan meeting could be expected to make progress only in the
form of continuation of our talks. This is increasingly important
because Azerbaijan's latest belligerent statements were aimed at
leading the negotiating process under way within the OSCE Minsk
Group to deadlock. I do not think that any documents will be signed
in Astrakhan," Melikyan said.
However, the pro-opposition Aikakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) newspaper
reported on Tuesday, citing its own sources, that the United States
had drafted a document meant to help settle the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict that would be presented to Armenia and Azerbaijan during
the OSCE summit in Astana at the start of December.
"According to this document, NATO peacekeeping forces should be
deployed on the territories adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh, after
which the Armenian-Turkish border will be re-opened. An appropriate
agreement has already been reached between Armenia, Azerbaijan,
the U.S. and Turkey," the newspaper said.
The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group are expected to visit Armenia
and Azerbaijan at the start of November, when, according to as yet
unconfirmed reports, they plan to invite the Azeri and Armenian foreign
ministers to meet in Strasbourg on November 10 on the sidelines of
a session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
From: A. Papazian
Interfax
Oct 26 2010
Russia
Documents unlikely to be signed at Armenian-Azeri meeting in Astrakhan
- Yerevan Yerevan is not placing high hopes on an upcoming meeting
of the Armenian and Azeri presidents in the city of Astrakhan in
southern Russia.
"The upcoming presidential meeting is important from the point of
view of continuing our talks, in which Russia has been playing a
great role as a co-chairman of the OSCE (Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe) Minsk Group helping resolve the Karabakh
conflict," Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of the parliamentary faction
of Armenia's ruling Republican Party, told journalists on Tuesday.
For his part, Republican Party spokesman Gagik Melikyan told
journalists that no documents would be signed at the presidential
meeting in Astrakhan, which will also be attended by Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev.
"The Astrakhan meeting could be expected to make progress only in the
form of continuation of our talks. This is increasingly important
because Azerbaijan's latest belligerent statements were aimed at
leading the negotiating process under way within the OSCE Minsk
Group to deadlock. I do not think that any documents will be signed
in Astrakhan," Melikyan said.
However, the pro-opposition Aikakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) newspaper
reported on Tuesday, citing its own sources, that the United States
had drafted a document meant to help settle the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict that would be presented to Armenia and Azerbaijan during
the OSCE summit in Astana at the start of December.
"According to this document, NATO peacekeeping forces should be
deployed on the territories adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh, after
which the Armenian-Turkish border will be re-opened. An appropriate
agreement has already been reached between Armenia, Azerbaijan,
the U.S. and Turkey," the newspaper said.
The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group are expected to visit Armenia
and Azerbaijan at the start of November, when, according to as yet
unconfirmed reports, they plan to invite the Azeri and Armenian foreign
ministers to meet in Strasbourg on November 10 on the sidelines of
a session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
From: A. Papazian