Assa-Irada. Azerbaijan
May 11 2005

Armenian FM to meet OSCE MG co-chairs

Baku, May 10, AssA-Irada
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian is due to meet with the
OSCE Minsk Group (MG) co-chairs on Saturday.
Oskanian told reporters that it is premature to say anything specific
about the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents’ planned Warsaw
meeting. `An initial agreement has been reached by the parties,’ he
said.
Commenting on President Ilham Aliyev’s refusal to attend the informal
meeting of CIS heads of state in Moscow on May 8, the day of
occupation of Azerbaijan’s city of Shusha, Oskanian said `meetings
should not be rejected at a time the parties hope for progress’.
The Armenian foreign minister has repeatedly avoided meeting his
Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov.*