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    HRAPARAK: US CONCERNED OF POSSIBLE CHANGES IN MINSK GROUP FORMAT

    08:43 * 15.07.14

    The paper says it has learned from sources that France and the United
    States are amid preparations for a new meeting between the Armenian
    and Azerbaijani leaders in the frameworks of their mission within
    the OSCE Minsk Group.

    The two co-chairing states are said to be scheduling the talks for
    late July.

    On May 7, which marked the 20th anniversary of the Ceasefire Agreement
    over Nagorno-Karabakh, several Armenian experts were summoned to the
    US Embassy for a meeting with Ambassador John Heffern, says the paper.

    "The US has concerns that Russia wishes to change the Minsk Group
    format together with Azerbaijan to make one of the sides, Azerbaijan
    in particular, abandon the Madrid Principles and back away from the
    negotiations, especially after the developments in Ukraine and Crimea.

    So, the United States is now seeking to remind the parties of their
    commitments," the paper says, adding that US Ambassador to Azerbaijan
    Richard Morningstar had a similar kind of meeting with Azerbaijani
    experts exactly the same day.

    What troubles the United States is the possible Russian plan to deploy
    peacekeepers in Karabakh to repeat the Georgian blitzjkrieg scenario,
    says the paper, noting that such developments would be considered
    impermissible by the US. The paper adds that Azerbaijan has already
    announced a plan for a possible blitzjkrieg.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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