Yerevan, Washington, Moscow And Paris Discussed Principles And Ways

YEREVAN, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW AND PARIS DISCUSSED PRINCIPLES AND WAYS OF NK CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

Regnum, Russia
May 26 2006

On May 25, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan received
representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries – US
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel
Fried, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and spokesman
for the French Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Pierre Morel.

Mediators in the conflict settlement, Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia),
Steven Mann (US) and Bernard Fassier (France), as well as personal
representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk, also
participated in the meeting, REGNUM is told at the Armenian foreign
ministry press office.

The parties pointed out significance of the high-rank visit, discussed
principles and ways of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. After
paying attention to issues that are unsettled yet, the parties
exchanged opinions concerning prospects for settlement of the conflict.