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MERZLYAKOV: ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS ALWAYS HAVE DISCUSSION SUBJECT

26.04.2005 03:44

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ «Getting to know the details of the situation is more
successful during private conversations between Armenian and Azeri Foreign
Ministers. At the current stage it is important to us to clear out the
stands of the parties in detail for us to be able to present those to the
parties to conflict and to find common points,» Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE
Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov stated, APA reported. In his words, after
Frankfurt the Co-Chairs will meet with Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian in one of
the European cities. Answering the question «Can the London and Frankfurt
meetings lead to a personal meeting of Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert
Kocharian?», the diplomat answered: «The Presidents always have subject for
discussion, and we – the Co-Chairs – have what to tell them. Yuri Merzlyakov
also clarified the issue of return of three Azeri captives to the Azeri
party. It should be reminded that during his latest visit to Yerevan OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel spoke of the final solution of the problem
of return of captives, however the boys are still held captive. In Mr.
Merzlyakov’s opinion, the return of the captives is complicated by the
situation on the cease-fire line. Answering the question «why the OSCE
monitoring is not held at the part of the contact line, where the cease-fire
is being broken?» Merzlyakov said: «Monitoring is held after arrangements
with the parties. Fire at the contact line from both parties stops as soon
as field assistants of Personal Representatives of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk appear.»