MEETING OF ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN, AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS IN MOSCOW CAN ACCELERATE NAGORNO-KARABAKH TALKS: ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Trend News Agency
Oct 30 2008
Azerbaijan
Initiative by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to hold trilateral
meeting of Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Moscow
can serve as an incentive for accelerating talks on the resolution
of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Novosti Armenia quoted Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandyan as saying.
"Armenian attaches great importance and welcomes Russian President’s
initiative that can give a push to negotiations. We are hopeful
that the meeting will open new opportunities to accelerate talks
which will lead to the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
he told press conference on 30 October.
Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan Serj Sarkisyan, Dmitry
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev will meet in Moscow on 2 November. The
meeting was initiated by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during
his visit to Yerevan on 20-21 October.
Armenian Foreign Minister said he will leave for Moscow tomorrow
where preparatory meeting of Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani foreign
ministers will be held prior to the meeting of Presidents.
Nalbandyan said foreign ministers will meet with OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairmen on 1 November. The presidents will meet a day after. "The
talks are held within OSCE Minsk Group and with the support of
co-chairmen," he said.