KOCHARYAN WILL NOT LEAVE FOR PARIS

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[01:04 pm] 16 May, 2006

RA President Robert Kocharyan will not participate in the session of
the NATO parliamentary symposium which will be convened on May 26 –
30 in Paris.

“The President got an invitation from chair of the NATO Parliamentary
symposium Pier Lelush but unfortunately he cannot participate in
the session as his agenda of those days will be very tense. The
OSCE Minsk group co-chairs are to visit the region at that time and
the celebrations of the republic holiday will be held on May 28,”
speaker of the President Viktor Soghomonyan informed about it the
Radio Station “Liberty.” Asked the question wether it is determined
by the current situation of interior policy he gave a negative answer.

The analytists made conclusion that Kocharian – Aliev meeting would
likely be held in Paris. According to various sources, Azeri President
Ilhalm Aliev accepted the invitation to visit Paris.

The 3 co-chairs of the Minsk group will arrive at the region from
May 25 to 30 but the exact date of their arrival in Yerevan is still
unknown according to the speaker.

By the way, the next meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Foreign
Ministers will be held in Strasburg on May 18 within the framework
of the session of the EU foreign ministers’ council.