OSCE MINSK GROUP RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR TO LEAVE HIS POSITION
Panorama.am
18:18 24/12/2009
OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov hopes to leave his
position next year.
"Last year I said that I hope will soon leave my position as a Minsk
Group co-chair. But, as you can see, it did not happen in 2009,"
Merzlyakov told Trend News.
Merzlyakov is likely to resign from the Minsk Group shortly. "I think
it will happen soon. I expect it will happen as early as next year,"
he said. Earlier he had said that he will leave the position of
co-chair in 2009.
The rumor over Merzlyakov’s resignation spread in July, 2009. Then
it was alleged that not only Mrzlyakov, but his US counterpart Bryza
will resign as well.
Time showed that this was not just a rumor. A month later Bryza left
the MG; Robert Bradtke took over. Another diplomat is expected to
take over Merzlyakov next year.
According to experts, the change of MG Co-Chairs estimates that any
expectations over Nagorno-Karabakh soonest settlement are useless.