ITAR-TASS, Russia
Aug 28 2005
Armenia says meeting with Aliyev on Karabakh was `positive’
KAZAN, August 27 (Itar-Tass) — Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
and Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev conferred for about two hours
in Kazan on Saturday in a bid to find a solution to the Karabakh
conflict that has been the cause of confrontation between the two
countries since the beginning of the 1990s.
Confidentiality is one of the conditions of the Karabakh talks, and
neither side has disclosed the details of the negotiations or
agreements.
However Kocharyan’s spokesman, Viktor Sogomonyan, said, `The Armenian
side assesses the meeting in Kazan positively and considers it a
positive development in the negotiating process.’
He said the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, who also took
part in the meeting, will `continue the work based on the agreements
reached in Kazan’.
Also participating in the meeting were the co-chairmen of the OSCE
Minsk Group, Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernar Facier of France, and
Thoman Mann of the United States.