AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS’ MOSCOW MEETING TO ENABLE TO ENTER FINISH LINE: OSCE MG RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR

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July 10 2009
Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents’ Moscow meeting will help
to reach finish line of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,
the Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yuriy Merzlyakov,
said at a news conference in Baku on July 10.

"Our visit to the region was devoted to organizing the presidents’
meeting in Moscow and during the preparation we have continued to
exchange views on a number of the outstanding basic principles for
the settlement of the conflict," said Merzlyakov.

"We are satisfied with meetings with the presidents. The conversation
was very constructive and I felt the presidents’ positive mood for
the upcoming meeting," said the diplomat.

"We hope to conclude negotiations on at least on two issues to resolve
the conflict, and then open a new debate on the topic which has been
discussed only in general terms so far," French Co-Chair Bernard
Fassier said.

The diplomat expressed his hope that if they could achieve both
presidents’ approval on the basic principles by late 2009, then it
will be possible to continue the work and transform it into a treaty
next year.