BAKU: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Says Next Meeting Between Azerbai

AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS NEXT MEETING BETWEEN AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES WITH OSCE CO-CHAIRMEN TO BE HELD IN STRASBURG

Azerbaijan, Baku/ Trend , corr. A. Ismayilova/ Elmar Mammadyarov,
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 9 2007

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister, has told journalists today that he
is expected to hold a next meeting with the OSCE Minsk Co-Chairmen
for Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Strasburg on may
10, 2007.

The forthcoming meeting with the Minsk Co-Chairmen (France, U. S. A.,
and Russia) will be held within 117th Session of the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe to be held in Strasburg. Vardan
Oskanian, the acting Armenian Foreign Minister, is expected to
participate in the forthcoming event as well.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister said that on May 11, the Co-Chairmen
would hold negotiations with Mr. Oskanian by adding that the meting
between the Armenian Foreign Minister and him had not been planned.

Mr. Mammadyarov added that the visit of the Minsk Co-Chairmen to the
region scheduled to the end of May remained in force. On May 10,
in Madrid, the Co-Chairmen are expected to meet with Migel Angel
Moratinos, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. Then, the OSCE diplomats are
expected to arrive in Strasburg.