ARMENIAN FM AND YURI MERZLIAKOV DO NOT COMMENT ON STATEMENTS OF DIPLOMATIC SOURCES ON PROMPT ROTATION OF OSCE MG RUSSIAN COCHAIRMAN
ArmInfo
2009-08-14 19:25:00
ArmInfo. Foreign Ministry of Armenia has not confirmed or
denied the information about replacement of OSCE MG Russian
cochairman. cochairman>, Head of Mass Media Relations Department of
the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s press service Tigran Balayan said
commenting on, at ArmInfo’s request, the information about rotation
of the Russian cochairman.
According to the publications of some Armenian and Azerbaijani media,
as well as the data being confirmed by anonymous diplomatic sources, Y.
Merzliakov will be replaced by deputy Foreign Minister of Russia
Grigory Karasin on the post of OSCE MG cochairman.
In his turn, Y. Merzliakov refused to give any comment on this issue
saying his is on leave and does not answer the journalists’ questions.
To recall, replacement of a cochairman does not require agreement
with Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan.