Pan Armenian News
YURI MERZLYAKOV: KOCHARIAN-ALIYEV MEETING TO BE HELD IN WARSAW MAY 15
13.05.2005 03:32
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The recurrent meeting of Azeri and Armenian Presidents
Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian will take place in Warsaw on May 15, OSCE
Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated, 525 Azeri newspaper
reported. In his words, on the eve of the meeting the Co-Chairs will hold a
meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian. To remind, the talks
between the Co-Chairs and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov took place on
April 27. When informing of the format of the Presidents’ meeting Yuri
Merzlyakov said that according to the tradition the Co-Chairs will first
hold a joint meeting with both Presidents to exchange opinions on the
current situation. Then the Presidents will continue the meeting in private.
Upon completion of the conversation the Co-Chairs will be informed of the
outcomes and the parties will outline new directions of the negotiation
process. Yuri Merzlyakov noted that the mediators have high expectation for
the upcoming meeting. `Last time the Presidents met in September, 2004. To
date, a number issues demanding discussion have accumulated. We will present
the agenda of the meeting to the Presidents. They may accept it or not’, the
Russian diplomat noted.