OSCE MG TO VISIT KARABAKH CONFLICT REGION JULY 11-16

Pan Armenian News
28.06.2005 05:18

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group over settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will visit the region July 11-16. As
reported by Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, along with his MG colleagues
Steven Mann (US) and Bernard Fassier he will go to Baku, then
to Yerevan and Stepanakert. Touching upon the efficiency of the
negotiations, specifically a few rounds of meetings of the FMs of
Armenia and Azerbaijan within the Prague process, the Russian diplomat
said, “some encouraging trends are observed.” “These can be called
progress or certain closing in of the approaches of the parties. In
any case the Co-Chairs have some optimism,” Y. Merzlyakov said.
At the same time, referring to the confidentiality of the talks, he
did not specify matters, in which the parties have become closer. When
commenting on Azerbaijan’s statements that the opportunity of lifting
the transport blockade of the communications between Armenia and
Azerbaijan that also comprise Nagorno Karabakh and Nakhichevan is
considered at the talks, the Russian diplomat said, “the opening
of communications in the region as a whole in the broader sense is
discussed at the talks.” “The Azeri party has made this proposal,”
Merzlyakov remarked. In his words, at present the OSCE MG Ambassadors
are waiting for the final response of the Presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan over their meeting within the framework of informal CIS
Summit in Kazan July 26, Regnum news agency reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress