POSSIBILITY OF MINSK GROUP VISIT TO REGION DEPENDS ON OSKANYAN-MAMEDIAROV MEETING IN MOSCOW

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Jan 10 2007

YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. The possibility of the OSCE Minsk Group
visit to the conflict region depends on the outcome of the meeting
between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in Moscow in
January 2007, Press Secretary of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry Vladimir
Karapetyan reported.

The sides will agree on the terms and format of the visit of the
Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the spot.

According to a preliminary agreement, the Oskanyan-Mamediarov meeting
is to be held in Moscow on January 23, with participation of the MG
Co-Chairs, Armenia’s Foreign Minister reported.

The previous meeting of the two foreign ministers was arranged in
Brussels on November 14, 2006, with participation of the MG Co-Chairs
on the Karabakh peace process Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Mathew Bryza
(USA) and Bernard Fassier (France).