GARABAGH TALKS NOT AS HOPELESS, US OFFICIAL SAYS
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 11 2006
Baku, April 10, AssA-Irada
The current prospects for resolving the long-standing Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict are not as dim as they were in the wake of the
Rambouillet meeting, the Department of State Assistant Secretary for
European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried has said.
He indicated that the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia failed to
reach agreement on a number of issues during the last round of talks
in February. He added that he had accompanied the US co-chairman of
the mediating OSCE’s Minsk Group, Steven Mann, during his visit to
the region shortly after the negotiations.
“We have held a series of effective meetings with the Azerbaijani
and Armenian administrations,” the US diplomat said, referring to
the negotiations with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian and
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov in Washington. He
said both countries had confirmed their readiness to continue the
peace process.
“This is why the situation is not hopeless,” Fried said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
