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AZERI FM SAYS ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS MAY
MEET BY THE END OF 2006

BAKU, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani and
Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian
may meet by the end of the year, Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mamedyarov told in an exclusive
interview to Trend news agency.
He said that the possibility of the meeting of the
presidents will depend on the results of the
negotiations of the foreign ministers who are going to
meet in Europe in near future. Mamedyarov stated that
the meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vartan
Oskanian may take place in midst of September either
in Paris or London.
Trend news agency reported that he said he has
talked with the OSCE Minsk Group French co-chair
Bernard Fassier who suggested that the meeting take
place September 12-13 in Paris or September 14-15 in
London.
"I have agreed with the suggestions. At present the
format of the meeting is being discussed," the
Azerbaijani foreign minister said adding that after
some time they will specify the time and place of the
meeting.