OSCE MG COCHAIRMEN HOPE THE MEETINGS OF ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS WILL ALLOW TO ACHIEVE BREAKTHROUGH BY LATE 2009

ArmInfo
2009-05-08 12:20:00

ArmInfo. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Ambassador Yury
Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, and Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza of the United States –
have today issued the following statement:

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs organized a meeting of Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsian,
with their Foreign Ministers, on 7 May at the residence of the
U.S. Ambassador in Prague. This meeting of the two Presidents is
the fourth in less than a year. The Co-Chairs are of the opinion
that each of these meetings has brought the sides closer to a
breakthrough. Today’s meeting marks significant progress in that
regard.

The Presidents welcomed the Co-Chairs’ plan to intensify further
their shuttle diplomacy to assemble all the elements required for
a breakthrough.

The Co-Chairs look forward to their next trip to the region and
to prepare a further summit, as proposed to the Presidents, in
St. Petersburg in early June. The Co-Chairs expect that these coming
meetings will allow for the concrete realization of a breakthrough
on the Basic Principles by the end of the year.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress