Merzlyakov: No Decision on Meeting of Azeri and Armenian Presidents Yet

PanARMENIAN.Net - No decision has been made yet as for the next meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents, Russian Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov stated when commenting on the statement of a possible meeting of the presidents within the November 28 Summit of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). According to him, organizing the meeting of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, was discussed on 24 October in Paris during the consultations of Minsk Group Co-chairs with the Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers. But as yet no decision has been made. On 14 November, the next round of consultations between the mediators and ministers will take place in Brussels and a decision may then be made, Merzlyakov added. In addition, the date of the next visit of co-chairs to the region will be agreed on 14 November.



Answering the question: "were the ways of regulating the Nagorno Karabakh conflict discussed at the recent meeting of the Armenian and Russian Presidents in Moscow and will this issue be discussed during the expected visit of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Moscow", Merzlyakov replied that "The Karabakh topic is one of the blocks of the negotiations and is always present". Touching upon the upcoming talks between the Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow, he stressed that "it is a bilateral visit," but is not linked only with Nagorno Karabakh talks, reports Trend.