news.am, Armenia
May 8 2010

Azerbaijani FM not to meet with OSCE mediators in Brussels

14:01 / 05/08/2010Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov does not intend to
meet with OSCE MG Co-Chairs in Brussels on May 11-12 due to tight
schedule, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told
Trend News.

`At this stage, co-chairmen of the Minsk Group must work more with the
Armenian side, since, as opposed to official Baku, Yerevan has not
expressed its attitude to the updated Madrid principles,’ Trend quotes
Azerbaijani official.

According to him, achievement of comprehensive agreement on conflict
settlement should be next step in Karabakh peace process. `So, the
Armenian side must express its attitude to updated Madrid principles,’
Polukhov said.

RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will leave for Strasbourg to
attend the CE Foreign Ministers’ sitting to be held on May 11.
Thereafter, he will head to Brussels accompanied by RA Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanyan to participate in North Atlantic Council
meeting in 28+1 format to discuss the implementation of Armenia-NATO
Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). In Brussels, Armenian FM
plans to meet with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

A.G.