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    ArmenPress
    Jan 7 2005

    OSCE MINSK GROUP COCHAIRMAN CALLS FOR AZERI CONCESSION

    BAKU, JANUARY 7, ARMENPRESS: Yury Merzlyakov, the Russian
    co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, has revealed in an interview
    with an Azeri daily Ekspress that Armenian and Azerbaijani officials
    are negotiating a peace agreement known as "state-by-stage" conflict
    regulation option. The Russian diplomat also called on Azerbaijan to
    make concessions at the forthcoming talks (between Azeri and Armenian
    foreign ministers Elmar Mamedyarov and Vartan Oskanian in Prague on
    January 11) in order to reach a solution to the Nagorno Karabagh
    conflict.
    Yury Merzlyakov described the Prague talks as "decisive" and said:
    "Armenia has agreed to some concessions. Now, it is Azerbaijan's
    turn".
    Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told a recent meeting of the
    country's Security Council that a new stage started in the Karabagh
    settlement. He said the Prague process envisages a stage-by-stage
    solution to the conflict and the discussions are proceeding in a way
    favorable to Azerbaijan.
    "We do not rule out agreement on some options proposed by Baku.
    But for this purpose mutual steps should be taken, desire should be
    demonstrated and coordinated," Merzlyakov said.
    "The dialogue can be continued towards a final end should the
    Prague meeting produce any specific results ," the Russian
    co-chairman stressed. He said the meeting of the ministers "will cast
    some light on many questions about the evaluation of the situation,
    specific solution proposals and prospects of holding more talks:
    Armenia has agreed to some concessions. Now, it is Azerbaijan's
    turn," he said.
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