Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 10 2006

US official to table Rambouillet talks with conflicting sides

Baku, March 9, AssA-Irada

The US Department of State Assistant Secretary for European and
Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried is due to visit Azerbaijan and Armenia
next week. One of the goals of the visit will be to discuss the
outcomes of the talks held by Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert
Kocharian on settling the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict in France
in February, the US Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack told
reporters in Washington.
The discussions held in the French town of Rambouillet turned out
fruitless, as the parties failed to iron out issues of principle,
which was followed by mutual threats.*