Yuri Merzlyakov: Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents’ meeting depends
on Foreign ministers’ talks

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 19 2006

[ 19 Oct. 2006 20:23 ]

Azerbaijani Foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign
minister Vardan Oskanian’s next talks in the frame of Prague Process
will be held on October 24, Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian co-chair of
OSCE Minsk group and coordinator on Garabagh conflict told the APA
exclusively.

The talks will be the continuation of the meeting held on October 6
in Moscow, the ministers will discuss the uncoordinated parts of the
main principles of Nagorno Garabagh conflict regulations. Co-chairs
Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fasie (France), Matthew Bryza (USA)
and Andrzey Kasprzyk, OCSE Personal Representative will have consulting
a day before the meeting. Merzlyakov said that the co-chairs did not
plan meetings with the ministers.

"Only one meeting will be held with the participation of ministers
and coordinators," he said. Answering the question "Will you discuss
the next meeting of the presidents in the meetings of ministers?" the
Russian diplomat said that they have already suggested it.

"But the meeting of presidents depends on ministers’ talks. If the
ministers need high level meeting, we will begin to the preparations,"
Merzlyakov said.

Merzlyakov also said that if the presidents agree to meet, we will
decide where and when to organize it.

"We do not know the president’s schedules. In a case of agreement we
will find an appropriate time and place," Merzlyakov stated.

Russian co-chair did not rule out the fact that the meeting of the
presidents can take place in the summit of CIS countries’ heads in
Minsk in late November. /APA/