Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia To Host Summit

NAGORNO-KARABAKH: RUSSIA TO HOST SUMMIT

EurAsiaNet
Jan 21 2010
NY

Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia will meet in the Russian
city of Sochi for talks on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave,
Armenia’s presidential press service announced January 21.

Envoys of the Minsk Group, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe’s mechanism for mediating Karabakh talks,
visited Armenia and Azerbaijan on January 20 and 21 respectively
to prepare the ground for the first meeting of the Armenian and
Azerbaijan leaders in 2010, the APA news agency reported. The Minsk
Group is co-chaired by the US, France and Russia. [For background
see the Eurasia Insight archive].

The Sochi summit is scheduled to take place on January 25, the
Itar-Tass news agency reported.