MANN: “SPRING OF 2006 IS IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN RESOLUTION OF NK CONFLICT”
Today, Azerbaijan
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March 13 2006
“Spring of 2006 is an important milestone in the resolution of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict,” Steven Mann, the US Department of State Senior
Advisor for Eurasia Steven Mann, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair.
“We think we will achieve considerable results in 2006,” Mann stated
in Baku to local television channel ATV, Trend informs. During the
two-day visit to Baku he is scheduled to have meetings with Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
The discussions will focus on the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. He is also scheduled to hold meetings with the
representatives of civil society and entrepreneurs.
Mann is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian
Affairs Daniel Fried will travel to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia,
and Turkey.
On March 14-15, Assistant Secretary Fried will meet with senior
Georgian, March 15-16, Assistant Secretary Fried will hold meetings
in Yerevan with senior government officials to discuss our bilateral
relationship, democracy, and Nagorno Karabakh. On March 16, Assistant
Secretary Fried will depart for Ankara, Turkey, and will return to
the United States on Friday, March 17.