ARMENIAN LEADER, OSCE MEDIATORS DISCUSS KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
23 May 07

The Russian and French co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group are paying a
visit to Yerevan. [Armenian] President Robert Kocharyan has received
[Russian co-chairman] Yuriy Merzlyakov and [French co-chairman]
Bernard Fassier.

According to official information, the current stage of the
negotiations on the [Nagornyy] Karabakh conflict were discussed at
the meeting.

The co-chairmen also discussed the latest developments in the Karabakh
conflict settlement process with Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan
today. The prime minister confirmed the country’s position concerning
the peaceful settlement of the conflict through negotiation and the
right of the Nagornyy Karabakh people to self-determination.

[Passage omitted: reported details of the co-chair’s meeting with
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan]