AZERBAIJANI FM: NEW IDEAS OF OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO BE DISCUSSED IN BRUSSELS

Regnum, Russia
Nov 2 2006

Regular meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Vardan
Oskanyan and Elmar Mamedyarov on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
will be held on November 14 in Brussels shortly before Action plan in
frames of New Neighborhood Policy will be signed by Armenia, Georgia,
and Azerbaijan with the European Union.

As Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov stressed to the press in Baku,
new proposals and ideas submitted by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
in Moscow are planned to be discussed during the meeting, emphasizing,
however, that it is too early to disclose these proposals’ essence.

"We have mentioned one-two moments among existing 8-9 elements; we have
really found difficulty in determining question whether there is any
movement forward," the minister stressed. The co-chairs shared some
new thoughts in Moscow "and we, and Armenian side, in its turn, have
thought that good opportunity may appear for work in the direction,"
Mamedyarov said. "At present, we consider them, weight them from
different aspects; we have come to conclusion that it is possible to
work at them in principle," he added.

"Both Azerbaijani side’s position and opinion of the opposite camp are
taken into consideration; as a result, direction should be determined,
in which work should be continued," the minister stressed. Responding
to question about outcomes of meeting in Paris, Elmar Mamedyrov
stressed: "Paris meeting is already history," Day.Az reports.