YURI MERZLYAKOV: WE WOULD LIKE AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET BY EARLY MARCH

Azeri Press Agency
Feb 8 2007

"I think Goran Lenmarker did not mean concluding of peace agreement
between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but reaching an agreement on the core
principles of the settlement," Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian co-chair of the
OSCE Minsk Group told the APA while commenting on OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly’s President Goran Lennmarker’s hopes for reaching an agreement
on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict by the PA’s session
in July.

Noting that the agreement will base on the core principles of the
settlement, the diplomat said it is not known whether the core
principles will be reflected on paper.

"It is premature to speak about the form, the parties to the conflict
should reach an agreement on the content. Everything will depend on
their decisions," the co-chair said.

As to the date and place of the next meeting of Azerbaijani and
Armenian foreign ministers in the framework of the Prague process,
Mr.Merzlyakov said the co-chairs are working to arrange this meeting.

"We would like the ministers to meet by early March," he said.