Oskanian: OSCE will decide level of next meetings
No agreement on a presidential meeting was achieved upon the outcomes of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs' visit, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told reporters September 18.
"The meetings with the Co-chairs were productive but a number of uncoordinated issues are still on the agenda. These were discussed during the meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, who presented his standpoint. Presently, the Co-chairs are in Baku to listen to President Ilham Aliyev," he said.
"If the mediators catch a likeness in Aliyev and Kocharian's positions, they will think over the further optimal steps. We have to wait for the outcomes of the Baku meetings and then the Co-chairs will decide whether to hold meetings at the level of Foreign Ministers or Presidents. However, their decision may be different," the Minister resumed, IA Regnum reports.
"The meetings with the Co-chairs were productive but a number of uncoordinated issues are still on the agenda. These were discussed during the meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, who presented his standpoint. Presently, the Co-chairs are in Baku to listen to President Ilham Aliyev," he said.
"If the mediators catch a likeness in Aliyev and Kocharian's positions, they will think over the further optimal steps. We have to wait for the outcomes of the Baku meetings and then the Co-chairs will decide whether to hold meetings at the level of Foreign Ministers or Presidents. However, their decision may be different," the Minister resumed, IA Regnum reports.
