Azeri, Armenian ministers meet to discuss conflict settlement principles

Azadliq, Baku
26 Jun 05

Text of unattributed report by Azerbaijani newspaper Azadliq on 26
June headlined “The Mammadyarov-Oskanyan duet is continuing” and
subheaded “The Azerbaijani and Armenian ministers meet”

The Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, Elman Mammadyarov and
Vardan Oskanyan, held an informal meeting at the international
conference on Iraq in Brussels.

Mammadyarov told journalists that during the meeting which lasted for
several hours, they discussed the components of the Warsaw agreement
reached by the two countries’ presidents on the settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. He said that in Warsaw, the presidents
defined principles of solving the conflict.

“There are similar views on two principles now,” he said. He believes
that the ministers may meet again before the presidents’ meeting
scheduled for mid-August in Kazan [Russia].

There are no details of these two principles yet. Some reports suggest
that Azerbaijan is about to refrain from the “stage-by-stage solution”
it has been insisting on during the peace negotiations. This is
especially stressed by Armenian diplomatic circles.