MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIR OF RUSSIA TO BE APPOINTED

Aysor
Feb 26 2010
Armenia

Yuri Merzlyakov, who was one of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, is
reported received a new diplomatic job, according to announcement by
spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko.

It’s unclear whether the MG co-chair’s post will go to Yury Popov,
who is a former ambassador of the pre-existing joint commission on
settlement to the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict.

"Russia’s position over the settlement to the Karabakh conflict is
determined by President, and is being implemented by the Foreign
Ministry," said spokesperson.