MATTHEW BRYZA TO GATHER AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA
Shamkhal Abilov

Journal of Turkish Weekly
Dec 5 2008
Turkey

On December 2, OSCE Minsk Group’s US co-chair Matthew Bryza talk to
Trend News agency that, "the focus of discussion in Helsinki will be
the effort if OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Azerbaijan and
Armenia to finalize the basic principles, which define a framework
for a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."

Following this on December 3, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar
Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan met in
Helsinki, Finland, on the basis of the Madrid principles. OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairs Matthew Bryza (U.S.), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and
Bernard Fassier (France) also attended the meeting.

The co-chairs first met with Armenian minister and later Azeri minister
joined them.

The parties stressed importance of preserving the positive spirit,
formed in the result of constructive meetings of the presidents
of Armenia and Azerbaijan, held in June in Saint-Petersburg and in
November in Moscow.

The meeting was held behind close door and no any information was
released to media after the meeting.