OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS DENIED THEIR STATEMENTS IN YEREVAN

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 4 2006

OSCE Minsk group co-chairs met with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanyan yesterday.

They agreed on Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers meeting in
Moscow on October 6, OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov said
in press conference in Yerevan, APA reports. French co-chair Bernar
Fasie said the meeting of the presidents is possible only after the
Foreign Ministers’ meeting.

Armenian mass media claims the co-chairs denied their statements made
in Azerbaijan. While in Azerbaijan, Bernar Fasie said that the format
of the negotiations cannot be changed. In Yerevan he said he made no
statement on Nagorno Garabagh negotiations in Baku.

The co-chairs did not make public the details of the negotiations in
Yerevan. French co-chair said the principles of the negotiations have
not been changed in past two years.

Commenting on Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s statements they
said military solution of Nagorno Garabagh conflict is impossible.

"Azerbaijan President can say anything he wants. We will not comment
on his statement The co-chairs said the solution plan was approved
by G8 summit in Washington, Paris and Moscow, but Azerbaijanis and
Armenians are not ready to live together.

Bernar Fasie said the solution of the conflict is out of the question
if the two nations are not ready to live together in peace.

The co-chairs will hold meeting in Khankendi today.