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Subject: Report: Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers to meet on NK talks
Report: Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers to meet on
Nagorno-Karabakh talks
.c The Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) – The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were
scheduled to meet Monday for talks on the latest efforts to resolve
the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, news agencies reported.
Ethnic Armenian forces seized the mountainous enclave during a war in
the 1990s that killed thousands and displaced millions. A tense
cease-fire has held since 1994 and efforts to finally resolve its
status have repeatedly failed.
The two foreign ministers were expected to lay the groundwork for a
meeting of the countries’ two presidents later this week, Interfax
news agency reported.
The return of refugees, withdrawal from some territories and
introducing peacekeeping forces are among the issues being discussed.
Presidents Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan and Robert Kocharian of Armenia
were slated to meet on Friday in Kazan on the sidelines of a meeting
of leaders from several former Soviet republics.
08/22/05 03:38 EDT