OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO VISIT NAGORNO KARABAKH
Today, Azerbaijan
April 3 2006
“The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are probable to visit Nagorno Karabakh
region in May,” Yuriy Merzlyakov, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair from
Russia, told.
Merzlyakov noted that Bernard Fassier, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair
from France, will pay a visit to the region soon. Besides, Vardan
Oskanian, the Armenian Foreign Minister, intends to pay a visit to
Moscow in April, his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov – to
Washington. During these visits the sides will discuss the current
stage of the peaceful negotiations, as well as determine forthcoming
steps.
According to Merzlyakov, the negotiations and the working visits will
be continued after the consultations by the Minsk Group co-chairs in
Washington and Istanbul. The further steps and the exact date of the
visit of the co-chairs will be determined as a result of the planned
meetings. He added that not all of the sides would be free in late
April for the visit of mediators to the region.
Merzlyakov stressed that over last weeks he did not participate in the
consultations, including, the Istanbul meeting of OSCE MG co-chairs
March 20.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
