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    AZG Armenian Daily #064, 08/04/2006


    Foreign policy

    VARTAN OSKANIAN: ARMENIA ISN'T GOING TO LEAVE CIS

    According to the schedule of his visit to Russia,
    today, Vartan Oskanian, RA Foreign Minister, will meet
    with his Russian colleague Sergey Ivanov. Mr. Oskanian
    has already met with Igor Ivanov, Secretary of RF
    Security Coiuncil, and Yuri Merzliakov, the Russian
    Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk group.

    Oskanian stated in Moscow that Armenia continues
    participating in the arrangements within the framework
    of CIS. He said this in response to the forecasts of
    some experts that state that Armenia is going to limit
    cooperation with the CIS member states.

    In his turn, Mr. Merzliakov said after the meeting
    with Mr. Oskanian in the interview to "Liberty" Radio
    Station, that he had quite an interesting and fruitful
    conversation with Mr. Oskanian about the settlement of
    Nagorno Karabakh issue. "I representted the plans of
    the Co-Chairs to Mr. Oskanian, while he represented
    the official position of Armenia on the issue. The
    details will be known after the meeting of Mr.
    Oskanian with Mr. Lavrov," Mr. Merzliakov said. . He
    added that the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs are likely
    to visit Yerevan and Baku in mid May.

    By Aghavni Haroutiunian
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