STEVEN MANN TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN ON 20 APRIL

Azeri Press Agency
April 17 2006

OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Steven Mann will arrive in Baku
on April 20.

The Public Affairs Officer of the US Embassy in Azerbaijan, Jonathan
Henick told APA that the American co-chair will start his visit to
the South Caucasus by visiting Armenia first. The objective of the
visit is to familiarize with Azerbaijan’s and Armenia’s opinions on
the co-chairs’ new proposals regarding the settlement of the Nagorno
Garabagh conflict.

This will be Mr.Mann’s second visit to the region after the meeting
of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents at Rambouillet, which gave no
results. The American co-chair together with Daniel Fried, US Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs visited Baku on
13 March this year.