EU envoy arrives in Armenia

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
23 Mar 04

The special representative of the EU for the South Caucasus, Heikki
Talvitie, arrived in Armenia from Baku today. He announced in the
Azerbaijani capital that the negotiations on the settlement of the
Karabakh problem reached the decisive stage and the EU could help the
mediators in that.

The Finnish MP said that the negotiations should be stepped and an
atmosphere of mutual trust should be created. Talvitie said also that
he does not intend to visit to Nagornyy Karabakh now.