March 8, 2006 - 15:56 AMT
Petrosyan: Stepanakert Expects Baku Steps to Establish Contact with NKR in Return
NKR FM Georgy Petrosyan received the delegation of the Consortium Initiative, an international organization for search of ways of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Executive Committee Chief, Caucasus Program Co-Director Jonathan Cohen, leads the delegation. Participants of the meeting discussed the outcomes of Consortium representatives' visit to Stepanakert. They paid special attention to presentation of the 17th issue of Accord magazine, which is dedicated to the Nagorno Karabakh issue. The interlocutors noted the need for activation and expansion of cooperation between the Consortium and the NKR authorities.

The NKR FM remarked that the Karabakh party agreement to rece4ive Azerbaijan's representative within the Consortium visit is demonstration of good will and the NK authorities expect that Baku will make steps in return to establish contacts with the NKR. Earlier, the Consortium delegation met with representatives of the NKR legislative and executive authorities, reports the Press Service of the NKR MFA.