Azeri foreign minister says Karabakh talks in Moscow "quite hard"

Turan, Azerbaijan
Jan 23 2007

Moscow, 23 January: "Talks with [Armenian Foreign Minister] Vardan
Oskanian were intensive. They were about the last principle of the
[Karabakh] settlement," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
told reporters following the talks in Moscow.

Mammadyarov did not elaborate on this principle, but admitted that
the talks were "quite hard".

The sides agreed to carry on the talks, he said.

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are visiting the region today.
They will continue the talks with the Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents.

Asked if the presidents could also meet, Mammadyarov said that the
presidents themselves might decide on that after meeting the co-chairs.

Armenian reports said that the talks have yielded no tangible
results. The sides have not been able to make progress in the talks,
they said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress