FRENCH MEDIATOR, AZERI OFFICIALS TO MULL GARABAGH
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 11 2006
Baku, April 10, AssA-Irada
The French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group brokering settlement to
the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict Bernard
Fassier arrived in Baku on Monday evening as part of his visit to
the region. He will discuss with officials the course of peace talks
after the latest fruitless meeting between Presidents Ilham Aliyev
and Robert Kocharian in Rambouillet, France in February.
Fassier is scheduled to hold meetings at the Foreign Ministry and the
Milli Majlis (parliament). He is also to meet with President Aliyev.
The hard-line Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO) has come out
against the activity of the OSCE mediators and plans to hold a protest
against Fassier’s arrival. The GLO was to discuss the form of the
protest action at its meeting on Monday.
Azeri officials said shortly before the French mediator’s visit that
it would not affect the country’s position on the Garabagh conflict.