Russian minister unaware of OSCE mediator’s stance on Karabakh

ANS Radio, Baku
2 Feb 05

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who is on an official visit to
Azerbaijan has said that he is unaware of the position of the Russian
co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yuriy Merzlyakov, who considers
the Nagornyy Karabakh separatist regime to be a party to the
conflict. The minister is going to hold meetings today to discuss the
Caspian Sea legal status and the fight against global terrorism.

[Passage omitted: other details of the visit’s schedule]