ARMENIAN, AZERI PRESIDENTS TO MEET THIS WEEK – U.S. MEDIATOR

Interfax
Jan 19 2010
Russia

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azeri counterpart Ilham
Aliyev will meet this week, U.S. co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group
Robert Bradtke said.

Bradtke is visiting the South Caucasus to prepare the meeting between
the Armenian and Azeri presidents and to study the position of the
Karabakh administration and residents.

The United States will do its best to bring peace and prosperity to
Karabakh, the diplomat said.

The use of force or the threat to use force in the Karabakh settlement
is impermissible, he added.

Bradtke will meet with Karabakh President Bako Saakian in Stepanakert,
according to Karabakh media.

It is impossible to settle the conflict without direct dialog between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Karabakh presidential press service cited
Saakian as saying.

Late last week Bradtke met with the Armenian president and foreign
minister in Yerevan. The Russian and French co-chairmen of the OSCE
Minsk Group will visit Armenia on January 20.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress