PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN CAN’T SUSPEND KARABAKH PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.09.2007 19:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We had a very fruitful meeting with the newly
elected President of Nagorno Karabakh. We got a lot of interesting
information. The first contact was a success," OSCE Minsk Group
Russian Co-chair, Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov told a news conference
in Yerevan today.
"Yerevan meetings with President Kocharian and Foreign Minister
Oskanian also produced effect. We suppose that our trip to Baku will
give impetus to the process and the meetings with the Azeri leadership
will be also efficient," the Russian diplomat said.
For his part, French Ambassador Bernard Fassier said the possibility
of a presidential meeting may appear after meetings in Baku. The
forthcoming presidential elections in both states cannot suspend the
negotiation process. The Presidents can meet if there is a necessity,"
Mr Fassier said.