FORTHCOMING TALKS MIGHT OFFER PROGRESS FOR ACHIEVEMENT FINAL PEACE BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA – AZERI STATE OFFICIAL
Author: R.Abdullayev

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
June 6 2006

The current situation in the talks in the resolution of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh continues
representing a pressure on Armenia. I hope the further talks will
provide a necessary base for progress in the direction of achievement
of final peace between the sides. Novruz Mammadov, the head of the
Foreign Relationships Department of the Azerbaijani President’s
Apparat told journalists on 6 June, Trend reports.

During the summit “The Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership”
in Bucharest the Azerbaijani president delivered a paper which
introduced detail information on the country’s achievements in the
economic and political spheres. The head of state also touched upon
a topic on the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Mammadov also noted that the talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian
President were held in large format with participation of the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs and Foreign Ministers, as well as in the forma
of tete-a-tete. “The meeting was held in two days: 3.5 hours on the
first day and over an hour on the second day.

The talks continued in tense conditions, he noted. The agreement
was achieved only on definite issues, while there does not exist
final conclusion.

The same time Mammadov said that though the concrete date of further
meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents is to still to be
defined, they are expected to be held till the end of 2006.