ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTERS WILL MEET IN APRIL
Azat Artsakh Daily, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
03 April 07
The next meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
will take place in April, stated the acting foreign minister of
Armenia Vardan Oskanian in Yerevan. According to him, there is no
exact date because there is a problem with schedules. The foreign
minister of Armenia said during the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs Matthew Bryza in Yerevan the focus was on the problem of
Nagorno Karabakh and the talks, as well as the bilateral relations
and the upcoming parliamentary election in Armenia. "The purpose of
the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is
to prepare the meeting of President Kocharian and President Aliyev
after the parliamentary election in Armenia," Oskanian said, the
Novosty-Armenia reported. JULIE FINLEY DISAGREED THAT THE ROLE OF
THE OSCE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH HAS WEAKENED The US ambassador
to the OSCE made this statement in Baku during the meeting with the
members of the Azerbaijani parliament. She said the OSCE continues
to have an important role in the settlement of the conflict, and the
United States is part of this organization. She also said the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office specially deals with this issue. THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT ENDORSED INDEPENDENCE OF KOSOVO The European parliament
endorsed the UN plan on Kosovo, which supposes providing almost all
the components of a state to this region.
Meanwhile, Serbia is against granting sovereignty to Kosovo. For its
part, Russia finds an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo the only
way to settle the problem of the region, stated the foreign minister
of Russia Sergey Lavrov.
Azat Artsakh Daily, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
03 April 07
The next meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
will take place in April, stated the acting foreign minister of
Armenia Vardan Oskanian in Yerevan. According to him, there is no
exact date because there is a problem with schedules. The foreign
minister of Armenia said during the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs Matthew Bryza in Yerevan the focus was on the problem of
Nagorno Karabakh and the talks, as well as the bilateral relations
and the upcoming parliamentary election in Armenia. "The purpose of
the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is
to prepare the meeting of President Kocharian and President Aliyev
after the parliamentary election in Armenia," Oskanian said, the
Novosty-Armenia reported. JULIE FINLEY DISAGREED THAT THE ROLE OF
THE OSCE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH HAS WEAKENED The US ambassador
to the OSCE made this statement in Baku during the meeting with the
members of the Azerbaijani parliament. She said the OSCE continues
to have an important role in the settlement of the conflict, and the
United States is part of this organization. She also said the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office specially deals with this issue. THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT ENDORSED INDEPENDENCE OF KOSOVO The European parliament
endorsed the UN plan on Kosovo, which supposes providing almost all
the components of a state to this region.
Meanwhile, Serbia is against granting sovereignty to Kosovo. For its
part, Russia finds an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo the only
way to settle the problem of the region, stated the foreign minister
of Russia Sergey Lavrov.
