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    ARMENIA EXPECTS NEW STAGE IN PEACE TALKS AFTER US MEDIATORS VISIT

    AssA-Irada, Azerbaijan
    July 24, 2006 Monday

    Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian has said a new stage
    in talks on the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict may begin after
    the upcoming visit by the US mediator to the region. We expect the
    Azerbaijani side to provide its consent to return to discussions
    on the documents currently on the negotiating table, he told a news
    conference in Yerevan while commenting on the visit by the US co-chair
    of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, to the two countries that
    will begin from Armenia on July 29. Oskanian maintained that Armenia
    has put forth a resolute stance on these documents, unlike Azerbaijan.

    If Baku agrees to continue negotiations on the disclosed principles,
    a new stage in the peace process may begin. The OSCE intermediaries
    have lately said there is a framework agreement under discussion and
    outlined its key principles. Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian
    has said the Minsk Groups recent proposals are acceptable. For all
    these years, our goal has been to achieve a package settlement. The
    stage-by-stage resolution is unacceptable for us, he said. Margarian
    made an outrageous statement, accusing Baku of breaking off peace
    talks. He said Azerbaijans alleged withdrawal from talks shows Armenias
    strong position. After visiting Yerevan, the American mediator will
    visit Upper Garabagh and Baku. He is due to visit Azerbaijan July
    30-August 1, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said. Bryza will bring
    some new elements that he would like to table in Baku and Yerevan,
    he added.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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