Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents to meet in Astana
By Tigran Liloyan

ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 1, 2004 Wednesday

YEREVAN, September 1 — Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev are likely to meet again at a
CIS summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan told television on Wednesday
that the fourth meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart in Prague was
“the most important of all the previous ones” during which the sides
“took one more important step forward”.

“The purpose of these contacts is to lay the foundation for further
negotiations and meetings both between the ministers and presidents
of Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Oskanyan said.

He said the meeting in Prague was “on the whole positive”.

“If the sides continue in the same mode, eventually they will lay
the foundation for positive results in the future,” the minister said.