YURI MERZLYAKOV RATED CONSULTATIONS WITH ARMENIAN AND AZERI FMS SUBSTANTIAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2006 00:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The consultations held with the Armenian and
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in Moscow were very substantial, OSCE
Minsk Group Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated when commenting on
a meeting held last week between the Foreign Ministers of Armenian and
Azerbaijan, Vartan Oskanian and Elmar Mammadyarov within the framework
of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers. “We mulled the details of
further discussions. So, the next round of talks will start shortly,”
Merzlyakov announced, hinting at the next round of talks at the level
of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers.

According to Merzlyakov, the meeting is to be held in May, while the
term and place of talks are still to be defined. Upon the completion of
the meeting of the ministers the diplomats will mull the opportunities
for organization of a dialogue of the Presidents.

Merzlyakov noted that in early May the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will
set up consultations in Moscow, and after tour the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict region, reported Trend news agency.