NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT’S SETTLEMENT PROCESS CAN EXPERIENCE CHANGES BY JULY – FRENCH DIPLOMAT

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
April 5 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / Òrend corr A. Ismaylova / French co-chairman of OSCE
Minsk Group, Bernar Fassie stated on 5 April that the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict’s settlement can experience some changes by July. Mr. Fassie
was commenting on the legitimacy of the "presidential elections"
in the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, scheduled for 19 July.

Fassie said that it is too early to comment on the elections, as the
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers will meet soon in April.

The co-chairman voiced his beliefs that the obstacles in the settlement
of the conflict can be removed by July.

Fassie would not disclose the exact time of the third meeting for
this year between Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan, noting that
several meeting times are under current consideration.

Russian co-chairman of the OSCE MG, Yuri Merzlakov, also refused to
comment on the elections, and noted that there are more important
issues to be resolved before the elections. He also did not provide
the details of the meeting.

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