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PRESS RELEASE
9 December 2004
Foreign Minister Oskanian’s participation at EAPC Ministerial and his
meetings in Brussels
As a continuation of the meeting in Sofia, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia
and Azerbaijan met in the morning on December 9 with the participation of
co-chairmen of the Minsk Group of the OSCE.
Ministers Oskanian and Mamediarov exchanged their views on issues regarding
the current stage of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process. As a result of
the meeting, both parties agree to continue the “Prague format”
negotiations.
On the same day Minister Oskanian met with Ambassador Talvitie, Special
Representative of the EU on the South Caucasus. They discussed issues of
cooperation between the EU and Armenia with respect to the New Neighborhood
policy, and they also discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
Afterwards Minister Oskanian met with Robert F. Simmons, NATO’s Secretary
General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. Parties
discussed NATO-Armenia relations, focusing on the Individual Partnership
Plan.
Minister Oskanian also participated in NATO EAPC’s regular meeting of
Foreign Ministers.