Azeri, Armenian presidents to meet in Warsaw on 16 May

Trend news agency
19 Jan 05

BAKU

Trend correspondent A. Raufoglu: The next meeting of the Azerbaijani
and Armenian presidents will take place in Warsaw on 16 May. Trend
news agency has learnt from diplomatic sources that it will take place
on the sidelines of the third meeting of Council of Europe heads of
state on 15-17 May.

“The dialogue between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will
take place at the initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group and has nothing
to do with the Council of Europe,” the Council of Europe foreign
relations committee told Trend. At the same time, the source said
that the Azerbaijani side has sent a notification to Strasbourg in
connection with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Poland
on 16-17 May. “The Council of Europe welcomes the intention of the
Azerbaijani leader to participate in the summit and pins great hopes
on the event,” the source said.

[Passage omitted: The Russian Foreign Ministry earlier issued a
statement about the meeting]