Azeri, Armenian leaders not invited to G8 summit in St-Petersburg, official says
Trend news agency, Baku
10 Jul 06
The Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents [Ilham Aliyev and Robert
Kocharyan] have not been invited to the G8 summit in St-Petersburg to
discuss the peaceful settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict,
Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department at the
Azerbaijani presidential administration, has told Trend.
He voiced his surprise at the local media reports which were circulated
on behalf of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, on a possible meeting
of the Armenian and Azerbaijani in St-Petersburg within the framework
of the G8 summit,
"I do not have any precise information about this. An invitation to the
summit by the G8 leaders is an option that suits us well. Meanwhile,
there is no information about this," Mammadov said and added that
chances to be intived to the summit are very low.
There has been no invitation so far and I do not know whether they
will be issued, Mammadov said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
