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  • BAKU: Garabagh Mediator Expects No Breakthrough At Ministers' Meetin

    GARABAGH MEDIATOR EXPECTS NO BREAKTHROUGH AT MINISTERS' MEETING

    Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
    May 11 2006

    Baku, May 10, AssA-Irada
    The OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan
    Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict will discuss new proposals with the
    foreign ministers of the two countries in Strasbourg on May 18-19,
    the Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yuri Merzlyakov, said.

    "We will learn the reaction of the two sides," he told ANS TV
    channel. Merzlyakov said the French mediator Bernard Fassier had
    informed him of the outcomes of his recent visit to Azerbaijan and
    Armenia. Fassier said the conflicting sides took the new proposals
    seriously and expressed interest in them.

    "Some of the proposals are new, while others were built up based on
    the previous ones. I hope the parties will finally agree maximally
    on the conflict resolution principles.

    "However, I am not expecting much from the upcoming discussions, as
    this will be a regular working meeting. But what I can say is that
    official Baku and Yerevan are studying our proposals."

    Merzlyakov noted that if the proposals are not fully accepted by
    either party, the intermediaries will wait for further suggestions
    from the sides.

    The Russian co-chair said a private meeting of the Azeri and Armenian
    foreign ministers will be held in Strasbourg as well. "I think the
    sides should discuss our new proposals on their own," he added.

    The parties failed to agree upon the issues of principle during the
    latest talks held by Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian in
    Rambouillet, France in February, which was followed by mutual threats.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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