MEETING OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS POSSIBLE SOON: US DIPLOMAT
Trend News Agency
April 18 2008
Azerbaijan
A private meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia
Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sarkisian, to discuss the resolution of the
[Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may take place in the
near future, Matthew Bryza, the US Assistant Secretary of State for
Europe and Eurasia, said on 17 April, Ð~XТÐ~PÐ -Ð&#x A2;Ð~PСС reported.
Bryza did not respond unilaterally to the appeals by legislators to
elaborate on the date of the talks between Aliyev and Sarkisian. The
planning of such a meeting could take place within a matter of
months. The Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers who are
eligible to arrange talks between Aliyev and Sarkisian, may meet
within a month or more," the US diplomat said.
He reiterated that the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, as per the
aspect of Washington, does not have a military solution. The United
States considers that it is necessary to achieve a compromise of
‘political agreements’, Bryza stated.
He did not agree with reports stating that the activities by the OSCE
Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh under the co-chairmanship of Russia,
France and the United States, were not efficient. The work undertaken
by the Group represents tremendous value and is very efficient,
the Assistant Secretary of State said
Bryza addressed a two-party Commission meeting on security and
cooperation in Europe ( Helsinki commission) at the US Congress on 17
April, which was dedicated to the situation in Armenia. The chairman
of the organization is a member of the House of Representatives,
Elsi Hastings, democrat from Florida St. and the co-chairman –
Sen. Benjamin Cardin, democrat from Maryland St.
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