BAKU: Azeri Minister, OSCE Mediators Discuss Karabakh In New Yourk

AZERI MINISTER, OSCE MEDIATORS DISCUSS KARABAKH IN NEW YORK

Azartac news agency, Baku,
27 Sep 06

27 September: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met the
co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group and the personal representative of
the OSCE chairman-in-office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, on the fringes of the
61st session of the UN General Assembly in New York on 26 September.

During the closed-door meeting that lasted two hours the sides
discussed further steps in the peace talks on the settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh.

Mammadyarov told Azartac that the co-chairmen had expressed their
intention to visit the region shortly. They are currently working to
break the deadlock in the negotiations. The co-chairmen are expected
to visit Helsinki this weekend to inform the European Union leaders
of the current stage of the talks.

The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group and Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk met Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan in New York
on the same day.