NO PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN TALKS ON KARABAKH
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
June 11 2007
YEREVAN, June 11 (Itar-Tass) — No progress was achieved in the talks
between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in St. Petersburg
on Saturday on Karabakh conflict settlement, and the disagreements
remain, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan said.
The issues, on which, as the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen hoped,
the presidents were expected to achieve progress, were proposed for
the discussion, the minister said after returning to Yerevan.
At the same time, it was serious and deep discussion, he noted.
In the final part of the meeting when the foreign ministers and
mediators joined Kochyaryan and Aliyev, the presidents had rather
wide discussion with them, Oskanyan said.
The negotiations will continue on the foreign minister level, the
minister added.
Commenting on the results of the meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Elmar Mamedyarov said: "Issues related to the main settlement
principles were discussed, and I cannot say that a breakthrough
was achieved."