FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN MET IN STRASBOURG

ArmRadio.am
19.05.2006 11:42

Yesterday RA Minister of Foreign Affairs had a meeting with his
Azeri counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Yuri Merzlyakov, Steven Mann and Bernard Fassier were present at the
meeting. Later the Ministers continued the talks with the mediators
in a separate format. The meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministers was meant to prepare the visit of representatives of Foreign
Ministries of US, France And Russia to the region scheduled later
in May. Principles and approaches of the settlement were discussed
at the Strasbourg meeting. The Armenian side assesses the meeting
as positive, despite the existence of unsettled issues, the Press
Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs.