ARAZ AZIMOV: CONCRETE DECISION SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE THE MEETING OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 24 2007
"A concrete decision should be made before Azerbaijan’s and Armenia’s
presidents meet as the presidents have discussion on concrete issues,"
Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told the APA.
Commenting on OSCE Minsk Group Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov’s
statement "in case the presidents’ meeting is successful they will
have to meet again for final agreement on core principles," Araz
Azimov said no decision has been made on presidents’ meeting.
"We will discuss the process with Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard
Fassier. After discussions it will be decided whether to hold a
presidential meeting. Currently, there is only one issue on the table
which is to set basic principles for an accord on the settlement of
this conflict. If the basic principles are agreed, all the issues
in the agreement should be clearly marked because the agreement is
signed to be implemented. We are at the first phase now which leads
to agreement of basic principles," he said.