SERGEY LAVROV: TALKS ON NG CONFLICT AT PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL SHOULD CONTINUE NEXT YEAR

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 20 2006

"The talks on the settlement of Nagorno Garabagh conflict between
Baku and Yerevan should continue in 2007," Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov said at the press conference held on annual results,
APA reports.

The minister said Russia being OSCE Minsk Group co-chair considers the
direct relations at presidential level important for the settlement
of the conflict.

"They say, the relations between Baku and Yerevan will continue in
2007. The main thing is to create conditions concerning the stage
and period of the talks at presidential level," the minister said.