ARMENPRESS
ARMENIAN AND AZERI FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS POSSIBLE
MEETING OF THEIR PRESIDENTS
BAKU, MAY 7, ARMENPRESS: Armenian and Azerbaijani
foreign ministers Edward Nalbandian and Elmar
Mamedyarov discussed Tuesday the issue of a possible
meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh
Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev.
Both ministers had their first meeting on May 6 in
Strasbourg, France on the sidelines of the 118-th
gathering of the Council of Europe’s Committee of
Ministers.
Azerbaijani APA news agency quoted Mamedyarov as
saying that there are several options on organizing
the meeting.
He said under one of the options the two presidents
may meet in June. `We shall report to the presidents
on the results of our meeting and they will made the
decision on the meeting,’ he was quoted as saying.
He added that the presidents will decide on the
next moves depending on the results of the foreign
ministers’ meeting. He said if the presidents find
that their foreign minister should have another
meeting then the ministers will have it. He said there
is a desire on both sides and the opportunity to
continue the talks.
`We are neighbor countries and we can not simply
run away from one another. A solution (to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict) should be found to get out
of the deadlock,’ Mamedyarov said.
According to APA, both ministers described their
meeting as ‘constructive.’
`We reiterated our positions. The important thing
is that we have agreed to continue the talks. We are
neighbors and we have to live in peace. I think we are
able to find a solution to this problem,’ he said.
APA said the OSCE Minsk Group Russian cochairman
Yuri Merzlyakov was also satisfied with the outcome of
the foreign ministers’ first meeting.
In a related news Ramiz Mehtiev, chief of
Azerbaijani president’s staff, spoke in favor of
continuation of the talks on the peaceful settlement
of the dispute.
`The conflict must be solved peacefully and
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity must be restored,’
he told journalists in Baku. He added, `it is
difficult now to say anything specific about the
outcome of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers’
meeting in Strasbourg.’
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
