Russia supports resumption of Armenia-Azerbaijan dialogue

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 25 2005

Baku, March 24, AssA-Irada

Russia is ready to assist in settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper Garabagh both on a bilateral basis and within
the OSCE Minsk Group. This country supports a resumption of dialogue
between Azerbaijan and Armenia, in particular, talks between the two
countries’ presidents, the Russian Foreign Ministry representative
Alexander Yakovenko said. The dialogue will bring the positions of
the conflicting sides closer and lead to achieving commonalities,
he added.*