OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs to Hold Consultations

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 19 2006

Source: Trend
Author: E.Huseynov

19.10.2006

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for the peaceful settlement
of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict intend to hold consultations in Paris,
the Russian co-chair of Minsk Group, Yuri Merzlyakov exclusively
told Trend.

The consultations will take place on 23 October in Paris on the eve
of the next round of the negotiations between the Foreign Ministers
of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and Armenia Vardan Oskanyan. In
addition, the mediators will conduct consultations regarding the
results of the meeting of the Ministers.

Commenting of the proposal of the personal envoy of OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, Andzey Kasprzyk, to organize the meeting of the
Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Merzlyakov stressed that
this initiative was made as a confidence-building measure between the
two sides. The matter was discussed at the meeting of the Foreign
Ministers, but the final decision will be made by Kasprzyk, the
Diplomat underlined.