AZERI AND ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO MEET IN MARCH
Armenpress
Feb 13 2007
BAKU, FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar
Mamedyarov said he could have another meeting with his Armenian
counterpart Vartan Oskanian in March to try to surmount several
contentious points that separates the sides from hammering out a
peace deal over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Mamedyarov was quoted by Azerbaijani Trend news agency as saying that
he had negotiated with the OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen on Monday
who presented their proposals concerning the date and venue of his
meeting with Oskanian.
In an apparent retaliation to Armenian side’s comments that the January
23 meeting between the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers in Moscow
was positive and progress was made in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
resolution process, Mamedyarov said the sides hoped that the Moscow
meeting would mark a stride forward but the meeting failed to justify
these expectations.
Mamedyarov was quoted as saying that major sticking points emerge
when discussing the details. He further stated that both Russia and
USA are interested in soonest resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
"They (Russia and USA) put forth new proposals to help the sides
to forge ahead and assist Armenia and Azerbaijan to narrow their
differences and both realize the significance of the peaceful
settlement of the dispute for the entire region," he said.