PURPOSE OF PRESIDENTIAL MEETING IS TO GAUGE WHETHER THE OTHER SIDE IS SERIOUS ABOUT CONTINUING TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.06.2008 14:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair Matthew J. Bryza
commented on the upcoming meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
Presidents.

"The primary purpose of the meeting is for the two leaders to become
acquainted with each other and for each to gauge whether the other side
is serious about continuing the negotiations on the basis of previous
understandings," Ambassador Bryza told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"There is no set agenda for the meeting. If the Presidents wish,
they could even discuss the details of the Basic Principles. However,
if they do not choose to go into such details, we hope this meeting
will at least pave the way for a resumption of the talks on these
principles," he said.

Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to meet in Saint
Petersburg on June 6 in the framework of an international economic
conference.