MERZLYAKOV: NO DECISION ON MEETING OF AZERI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS YET
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.11.2006 15:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ No decision has been made yet as for the next
meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents, Russian Co-chair
of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov stated when commenting on the
statement of a possible meeting of the presidents within the November
28 Summit of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). According
to him, organizing the meeting of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham
Aliyev, and President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, was discussed on 24
October in Paris during the consultations of Minsk Group Co-chairs with
the Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers. But as yet no decision
has been made. On 14 November, the next round of consultations between
the mediators and ministers will take place in Brussels and a decision
may then be made, Merzlyakov added. In addition, the date of the next
visit of co-chairs to the region will be agreed on 14 November.
Answering the question: "were the ways of regulating the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict discussed at the recent meeting of the Armenian
and Russian Presidents in Moscow and will this issue be discussed
during the expected visit of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
to Moscow", Merzlyakov replied that "The Karabakh topic is one of
the blocks of the negotiations and is always present". Touching
upon the upcoming talks between the Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev and Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow, he stressed that "it is a
bilateral visit," but is not linked only with Nagorno Karabakh talks,
reports Trend.