TWO MINISTERS MET IN PARIS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
Oct 24 2006

PARIS, October 24 (Itar-Tass) — The Paris negotiations on the Karabakh
settlement are aimed at the elaboration of "main principles of the
drafting of a peace treaty acceptable for the both sides," French
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei told commenting on
meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers.

The two ministers met in Paris under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk
Group.

The diplomat stressed that the principles should be "balanced, fair
and workable."

Mattei reaffirmed that the October 6 meeting between the Armenian and
Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Moscow, which also was held under
the OSCE auspices, gave the start to the present-day round of talks.

France, jointly with Russia and the United States, is one of the
countries co-chairing the Minsk Group, created by the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to promote progress in
the resolution of the Karabakh conflict.