Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Aug 16 2004

Russia to step up activity to settle Upper Garabagh conflict

Moscow supports the continuing negotiations on settling the Upper
Garabagh conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry representative Boris
Malakhov says. He welcomed the continuation of talks on the level of
presidents.
Malakhov added that Russia will do its utmost to ensure that the
parties to the conflict come to terms and step up its activity within
the OSCE Minsk Group aimed at resolving the problem.*