OSCE MG ORGANIZING A MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERI FMS IN NEW YORK

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.09.2008 21:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The current regional visit of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-chairs is endeavored after the 5-day war in South Ossetia, French
Co-chair Bernard Fassier said.

"Today, I have already visited Stepanakert. Now I am in
Yerevan. Tomorrow I’ll be in Tbilisi. On Friday, I’ll visit Baku. The
mediators are arriving by one, but it doesn’t mean that the format
has changed. It’s just a working schedule," he told a news conference.

He informed that the main purpose of the visit is to prepare a meeting
between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in New York. "As
to a trilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia,
Turkey and Azerbaijan is beyond the Minsk Group’s competence," he said.

The French diplomat also said that the talks on the basis of Madrid
Basic Principles will be continued after the Azerbaijani presidential
election due this October. "These proposals were approved by both
sides. However, recognition of Kosovo’s independence, frequent
skirmishes at the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Nagorno
Karabakh and presidential election in Armenia retarded the process. We
are hopeful that the talks will be refreshed after the presidential
election in Azerbaijan," he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress