OSKANYAN: THERE IS NO NEED FOR AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENT’S MEETING

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 25 2006

Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and
Vardan Oskanyan held five-hour meeting with the participation of
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Paris on October 24, Tahir Tagizadeh,
the chief of Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy
Department told the APA.

They discussed new principles of the settlement of Nagorno Garabagh
conflict suggested by co-chairs. The conflict sides expressed their
positions.

"The co-chairs and ministers agreed to meet in Brussels on November
14 to bring the negotiations one step forward. After the meeting the
co-chairs will visit the region," he said.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan told to Radio Liberty that
Paris meeting was very constructive.

"Azerbaijan’s and Armenia’s positions are coming closer. We tried
to discuss the new principles suggested in Moscow meeting. Nagorno
Garabagh Republic was also familiarized with the documents, but it
does not mean that they agree with all the items of the document. We
have divergence with co-chairs," he said.

Oskanyan also said that there is no need for Presidents’ meeting.

"We might discuss their meeting in Brussels on November 14," the
minister said.