MEETING WITH ANDRZEJ KASPRZYK

Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
28 Jan 05

On January 24 foreign minister of the Republic of Nagorni Karabakh
Arman Melikian met with the personal representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk at the permanent representation of
NKR in Armenia. During the meeting they discussed the visit of the
OSCE delegation to NKR on January 30. Andrzej Kasprzyk told Arman
Melikian that besides the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen the delegation
would also involve experts from the Minsk Group member countries
Russia, France and the USA, as well as representatives from Germany,
Sweden, Finland and Italy. The members of the meeting pointed out the
importance of clarifying the plans of holding the briefing of the NKR
foreign minister in Stepanakert and the works of the monitoring
mission. In the name of the NKR authorities Arman Melikian said
necessary conditions for normal work of the monitoring mission would
be provided. *** On January 26 NKR vice foreign minister Masis
Mayilian met with the assistants of the personal representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office. During the meeting the coordinator of the
Tbilisi office Imre Palatinus introduced the newly appointed field
assistant of the personal representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Torsten Ahren (Sweden). Emphasizing the normal
working relationships between the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the OSCE mission in Stepanakert Masis Mayilian wished their further
development. The vice foreign minister said the MFA is willing to
continue assisting to the works of the OSCE mission in NKR. The
participants of the meeting discussed also the visit of the OSCE
experts mission to Nagorni Karabakh on January 30.

AA.
28-01-2005