MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIR OF RUSSIA TO BE APPOINTED
Aysor
Feb 26 2010
Armenia
Yuri Merzlyakov, who was one of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, is
reported received a new diplomatic job, according to announcement by
spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko.
It’s unclear whether the MG co-chair’s post will go to Yury Popov,
who is a former ambassador of the pre-existing joint commission on
settlement to the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict.
"Russia’s position over the settlement to the Karabakh conflict is
determined by President, and is being implemented by the Foreign
Ministry," said spokesperson.
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