April 5, 2007 - 18:51 AMT
Fassier does not exclude possibility of changes in Karabakh issue till July
OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier stated on Thursday that till July some changes are possible in the negotiation process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He made this statement responding to a request to comment on legitimacy of presidential election in Nagorno Karabakh scheduled for July 19. Fassier said it is early to comment the elections, explaining that a meeting will be held between FMs of Armenia and Azerbaijan till July. He thinks still there is some time till July and obstacles that exists in the settlement process of the conflict may be removed. Fassier did not specify the place of meeting, already 3rd this year, between ministers Elmar Mamedyarov and Vartan Oskanian. He said several variants are under discussion. OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov too did not comment on elections and noted that more important question must be solved till elections. He also did not specify details of meeting between FMs, "Trend" reports.