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OSKANIAN SAYS ARMENIAN AND AZERI LEADERS LIKELY TO MEET NEXT MONTH
Armenpress
May 05 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian
said today Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are likely to have
another meeting early next month, but added there were no concrete
arrangements about the venue and the date of the possible meeting of
Robert Kocharian of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of "Armenia and the Council
of Europe: Five Years of Membership" conference, kicked off today in
Yerevan, Oskanian said the anticipated meeting may suffer a setback
as the one earlier this year in the French castle of Rambouillet.
Oskanian said again that Armenia had done everything it could and now
the turn was for Azerbaijan to make its concessions in order to give
a fresh push to the process of peaceful talks.
"The problem now is to avoid a setback and we expect appropriate
moves from Azerbaijan," he said, adding otherwise it would be very
difficult to move forward. Oskanian downplayed media allegations that
Aliyev's recent visit to Washington has given an additional weight to
Azerbaijan's positions. "We know that Aliyev was made understand in
Washington by very top US government officials that seeking a military
solution to the Karabakh conflict is not an option. We appreciate it,"
he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Armenpress
May 05 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian
said today Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are likely to have
another meeting early next month, but added there were no concrete
arrangements about the venue and the date of the possible meeting of
Robert Kocharian of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of "Armenia and the Council
of Europe: Five Years of Membership" conference, kicked off today in
Yerevan, Oskanian said the anticipated meeting may suffer a setback
as the one earlier this year in the French castle of Rambouillet.
Oskanian said again that Armenia had done everything it could and now
the turn was for Azerbaijan to make its concessions in order to give
a fresh push to the process of peaceful talks.
"The problem now is to avoid a setback and we expect appropriate
moves from Azerbaijan," he said, adding otherwise it would be very
difficult to move forward. Oskanian downplayed media allegations that
Aliyev's recent visit to Washington has given an additional weight to
Azerbaijan's positions. "We know that Aliyev was made understand in
Washington by very top US government officials that seeking a military
solution to the Karabakh conflict is not an option. We appreciate it,"
he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress