French mediator pleased with talks in Armenia, Azerbaijan
Turan news agency, Baku,
9 Mar 07
An OSCE Karabakh mediator has said that his regional visit is aimed at
organizing the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers’ forthcoming
meeting in Geneva, Turan reported on 9 March.
In a news conference held in Baku on 8 March, OSCE Minsk Group’s French
co-chairman Bernard Fassier said that the co-chairs organized his visit
to ensure that Azerbaijan and Armenia want to continue peace process,
organize the Geneva meeting between the two foreign ministers and
conduct "constructive discussions and reach positive results".
Turan quoted Fassier as denying assumptions that his visits are
connected with the appearance of some new elements in the negotiating
process.
Fassier described his talks in Yerevan and Baku as "productive and
constructive". According to Fassier, the two presidents still cannot
meet directly because of the forthcoming parliamentary election in
Armenia.
Fassier visited Armenia on 7 March. He arrived in Azerbaijan on 8 March
and informed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the results of
the meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharyan. Fassier will go
back to Yerevan on 12 March to inform Kocharyan about the results of
his meeting with Aliyev, Turan reported.