2006 SPRING IS IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN RESOLUTION OF NK CONFLICT – AMB MANN
Author: R.Abdullayev

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 13 2006

2006 spring is an important milestone in the resolution of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Steven Mann, the US Department of State
Senior Advisor for Eurasia Steven Mann, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair,
as stating in Baku to local television channel ATV.

“We think we will achieve considerable results in 2006,” Mann said.

During the two-day visit to Baku he is scheduled to have meetings
with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov.

The discussions will focus on the resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. He is also scheduled to hold meetings with the
representatives of civil society and entrepreneurs.

Mann is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian
Affairs Daniel Fried will travel to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia,
and Turkey.

On March 14-15, Assistant Secretary Fried will meet with senior
Georgian, March 15-16, Assistant Secretary Fried will hold meetings
in Yerevan with senior government officials to discuss our bilateral
relationship, democracy, and Nagorno-Karabakh. On March 16, Assistant
Secretary Fried will depart for Ankara, Turkey, and will return to
the United States on Friday, March 17.