Azeri Press Agency

Armenian foreign minister refuses to meet with his
Azerbaijani counterpart

[ 16 Sen. 2006 15:33 ]

In the near future no meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministers are planned, Armenian Minister Vartan Oskanian told
journalists today. Private meetings with the co-chairs of the OSCE
Minsk Group will be probably held, Oskanian said.

`I have a number of bilateral meeting in New York on September 24,
including a meeting with the co-chairs,’ the Minister said, adding
that to a certain degree the cause of not holding a meeting of
Armenian and Azeri FMs lies in inclusion of the item on `frozen
conflicts’ in the UN GA agenda at the initiative of the GUAM (Georgia,
Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova). It was reported that Mammadyarov and
Oskanian will meet in New York on 24 or 25 September this year./APA/