MATTHEW BRYZA: I DO NOT EXPECT A PIECE OF PAPER TO BE SIGNED DURING THE ST. PETERSBURG MEETING OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS

APA
June 3 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku. Viktoria Dementieva – APA. American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group
Matthew Bryza said it is very positive that Azerbaijani and Armenian
ambassadors to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu and Armen Smbatyan will meet
in Nagorno Karabakh.

Mathew Bryza told APA exclusively it is great that the parties have
more contacts. Bryza said he has no information about the date of
the meeting and other details and added the organization does not
have to organize the meeting of the ambassadors. American co-chair
said he does not expect a piece of paper to be signed during the
St. Petersburg meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents.

"I do hope that they will agree to work through some differences of
the concept on specific basic principles. If the presidents agree,
we will discuss the other issues. This is a work in progress. We are
working through the last few concepts of Madrid document that still
have to be agreed," he said.

Matthew Bryza said it depends on the results of the presidents’ meeting
whether the co-chairs will visit the region after June 4 or not.

"First we have to see what will happen on Thursday. But OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairs will visit the region again to continue their work,"
he said.