Today, Azerbaijan
May 5 2005
Yuri Merzlyakov: “After the meeting of the presidents negotiations
will be continued previous format”
04 May 2005 [16:28] – Today.Az
Co-chairmen of Minsk Group of OSCE are not preparing for the meeting
of Azerbaijan and Armenia presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharyan
to be held during the measures dedicated to the 60-ty anniversary of
the victory over fascism on May 9″.
This information was given to APA exclusively by the Russian
co-chairman of the Minsk Group of OSCE Yuri Merzlyakov. He called
the negotiations conducted with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar
Mammadyarov on April 27 in Frankfurt, very advantageous and efficient.
Yuri Merzlyakov saying “We have worked well” noted that at present
the co-chairmen tackled with organizing of the meeting with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan. According
to his words, they work on the variants of planning the place and
time of the meeting to be held: “The meeting could either be spent
in Moscow or in Warsaw 2 days before the summit of Council of Europe,
or in one of the cities of Europe”. After the meeting with Oskanyan,
he didn’t exclude conducting the next meeting between Azerbaijan and
Armenia presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharyan about regulating
the Upper Garabagh conflict on May 16-17 in the frame of the summit
of state heads of Council of Europe.
“After the meeting of the presidents we will return to the previous
format – to the format of negotiations carried out between both the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs” -Yuri Merzlyakov stressed.
Yuri Merzlyakov stating his relation to forming the Committee according
to Upper Garabagh at the Assembly of Parliament of Council of Europe
recently he didn’t agree with the opinion of identity of this committee
and the Minsk Group: “Forming of such committee was put forward in
the report of David Atkinson. The secretary general of Council of
Europe declared that this committee cannot replace the Minsk Group,
and its main task is connected with human rights”.
He also stated that the co-chairmen aren’t going to visit the region
recently.
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