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THE MEETING OF THE ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS NOT ENVISAGED IN MOSCOW

Politics

The OSCE Minsk group Co-chairs are not going organize the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents on May 9 in Moscow. OSCE Minsk group co-head Yuriy Merzlyakovhas informed the Azerbaijani agency «Apa» about it. The negotiations with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov on April 27 in Frankfurt were appreciated by Merzlyakov as very useful, «We did good work».

At present the co-chairs are doing preliminary work to prepare the meeting of the Foreign Ministers. The place and date of the meeting is being decided upon. «The meeting can take place in Moscow, Warsaw or another European city, 1-2 days before the EU Summit meeting», said Yuri Merzlyakov.

He does not exclude the possibility that after the meeting with Oskanyan the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents can be organized. It can take place on May 16-17 in Warsaw during the EU Summit. «After the meeting of the Presidents the negotiation process may return to its previous format, when the negotiations will be held with the two Foreign Ministers at a time», said the Minsk group co-chair.

As for the Ad-hoc Committee on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict created within the OSCE framework, Yuriy Merzlyakovdoes not agree with the opinion that the Committee can be an alternative to the Minsk group. He has also informed that the Minsk group Co-chairs are not going to visit the region.