February 16, 2005 - 16:58 AMT
RUSSIA WELCOMES ARMENIAN-AZERI DIALOGUE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
The Nagorno Karabakh settlement will undoubtedly be discussed during the visit of Russian FM Sergey Lavorv to Yerevan, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko stated. "It is known that Russia welcomes the continuation of the Armenian-Azeri dialogue at different levels, first of all between the Presidents of the two states. We suppose that the conflicting parties themselves should find an admissible resolution of the conflict. Russia is ready to render assistance both at bilateral level and as the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair and become a guarantor of the agreement", he noted. In his words, one of the items of the agenda of the forthcoming talks will touch upon the process of fulfillment of the Moscow agreements (achieved in May 2004) regarding the further development of the Russian-Armenian interaction for resolving transport problem in Armenia, cooperation in fuel and energy field, strengthening of direct economic links between the Russian Federation and Armenia. The parties will pay special attention to the rapid development of the Russian-Armenian economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation and conduction of national years of Armenia and Russia in 2005 and 2006. They are also expected to consider the issue of interaction within the CIS and the CSTO, A. Yakovenko noted.