BAKU: Metyu Bryza Not To Join Visit Of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs

METYU BRYZA NOT TO JOIN VISIT OF OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 21 2006

American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Metyu Bryza will not join the visit
of co-chairs to the region, US Embassy Public Relations Department
chief Jonathan Henick told the APA.

The reason for his absence is Bryza’s tense schedule and celebration
of Thanks Giving Day this week, the most important holiday in US.

"Answering the question if another diplomat or the ambassador himself
will substitute Metyu Bryza, the ambassador answered that anyone can
substitute the co-chair, so only the co-chairs from Russia and France
Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard Fasie will visit the region.

It should be noted that, Merzlyakov and Fasie went to Yerevan yesterday
evening. They will hold talks on the regulation of Nagorno Garabagh
conflict with Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanian, and will discuss the issue concerning the preparations
to the meeting of Armenian president with Azerbaijan president on
November 28 in the frame of CIS Summit. The co-chairs are expected
to come to Baku tomorrow.