ARMENIAN AND AZERI FMs TO MEET IN MOSCOW AUGUST 23

Pan ARMENIAN Network, Armenia
July 15 2005

15.07.2005 08:52

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The recurrent meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
President is scheduled for late August in Kazan during the informal
summit of the CIS leaders, OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri
Merzlyakov stated at today’s press conference. In his words, the
meeting will take place shortly before the beginning of the summit,
however the exact date has not been fixed yet. At the same time
Y. Merzlyakov noted that Armenian and Azeri FMs Vartan Oskanian and
Elmar Mamedyarov will meet in Moscow August 23. “Each meeting of
the Presidents is the result of scrupulous and progressive work”,
Merzlyakov noted. “We are not ready to speak of our expectations of
the upcoming meeting now but we hope for progress”, he added. In his
turn US Co-Chair Steven Mann noted that the “Co-Chairs promote the
process but do not decide what to do.” Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk also expressed his views on
the forthcoming meeting. “The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
are prominent figures”, he stated.