OSCE MG BERNARD FASIE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN REGION IN APR – ELMAR MAMMADYAROV
Author: R.Abdullayev

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 27 2006

Bernard Fasie, the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, is
expected to arrive in the South Caucasus region in April, Trend
reports quoting Elmar Mamdyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister,
as saying to journalists on Monday.

“During the last visit to Baku Steven Mann, the U.S. co-chair of
the OSCE, voiced the proposal on possible visit of Fasie to Baku,”
Mammadyarov stressed. The same time he said that the exact date of
the visit had not been determined yet.

Besides, Mammadyarov noted that he had not received any proposals on
meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vardan Oskanian. As to discussion
of new initiatives, the Azerbaijani Minister said that most elements
had already been unified. “We know the way, which we will adhere to,”
he added. The same time, Mammadyarov admitted that some serious issues
still remained unsolved.

“These are principal issues and we are working on them,” he underlined.