OBSE Directors will visit Stepanakert

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19-01-2005

OBSE directors of the Minsk Group will visit Baku on January
28th. They will be in Yerevan on January 30th, then will continue on
to Stepanakert on February 1st. As ambassador, Russian co-director
Yuri Merslyakov informed the Regnum agency that the co-directors will
be accompanied by the acting director’s personal representative, Anjey
Kaspshik.

They will organize an investigation of Azerbaijani land in order to
find out how many Armenians are living there.

The Russian representative has commented positively on the meeting of
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which took
place in Praha on January 11. According to Merzlyakov, it is important
to begin negotiations. The latter has mentioned that in spite of
previous meetings, details prevailed during this meeting, and that the
parties had begun to discuss more specific issues. Also important is
that Armenia’s agreement about the visit will allow for the revision
of UN’s agenda regarding the question about the situation of areas
taken by Azerbaijan. Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Valery Loschinin stated the other day that Baku has removed
this question from the agenda of UN.