CO-CHAIRMEN OF MINSK GROUP VISITING ARMENIA

ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 23 2007

YEREVAN, May 23 (Itar-Tass) – The co-chairmen of the Minsk Group on
Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Yerevan to look for ways of conflict
settlement. The representatives of Russia and France, Yuri Mezlyakov
and Bernard Fassier, met on Wednesday with Armenian Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanyan.

"An accent was made on so far unsettled principles of Karabakh
settlement," a spokesman at the Foreign Ministry’s information
department told. The sides also discussed a "calendar of future
meetings".

The co-chairmen will hear out stances of the sides and discuss a
possibility for holding a next meetin of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents.

The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, who represent Russia,
France and the US, as well as an aide to the OSCE chairman attended
the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers.

The co-chairmen proposed to the sides ideas for examination, the
communique of the Belgrade meeting said.