Putin to bring together Azerbaijani, Armenian leaders in Astana
By Viktoria Sokolova

ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 14, 2004

MOSCOW, September 15 — President Vladimir Putin will hold a tripartite
meeting in Astana on Wednesday evening with Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan and Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev.

“The format of such a meeting has proven to be correct,” presidential
aide Sergei Prikhodko told Itar-Tass.

The Kremlin assumes that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
“should reach an accord between themselves,” while Russia “can make
its contribution to the development and deepening of dialogue,”
Prikhodko said.

The new tripartite meeting will be held on Moscow’s proposal, a source
in the presidential administration told Itar-Tass. The Kremlin does
not rule out that Kocharyan and Aliyev will have a one-on-one meeting
in Astana.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress