BAKU: Azeri, Armenian FMs Agree To Suspend Karabakh Talks Till Mid-M

AZERI, ARMENIAN FMS AGREE TO SUSPEND KARABAKH TALKS TILL MID-MAY

Turan news agency
19 Apr 07

Baku, 19 April: The main principles of the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement
were discussed during the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers’
meeting in Belgrade yesterday. The talks were held as part of the
Prague process. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs made proposals on two
of eight elements of the settlement "to bring the sides’ positions
closer", the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry press secretary, Xazar
Ibrahim, has told Turan.

He also said that the co-chairmen would visit the region after the
Armenian parliamentary election [on 12 May].

Ibrahim added that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs attended the talks
between Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan. The talks lasted about
five hours.

[Ayna reported on 19 April that the ministers agreed to suspend
the talks until after the Armenian parliamentary election. After
the election, Mammadyarov and Oskanyan will have another meeting to
define the venue and date of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents’
meeting.]