01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Today, visiting Armenia the US State Department's Advisor for Newly Independent States Steven Sestanovich and the US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Carry Cavanaugh will meet with the Armenian President and the Foreign Minister.
The last joint visit of Sestanovich and Cavanaugh to Yerevan was held January 22, 2000. During that visit Steven Sestanovich stated that the OSCE Minsk Group is working on the new proposal on the settlement of Karabakh conflict. He also added that the essence of the new proposal will depend on the results of direct negotiations between the Armenian and Azeri presidents. The US diplomat also stated that the US has had a number of consultations with the international organizations during which the organizations expressed their readiness to participate in the process of searching of the Karabakh conflict solution."All these organizations widely share the opinion that today there is an historic chance for resolution of the conflict and this chance must not be missed," Sestanovich said.
Carry Cavanaugh had another visit to Armenia in early July of 2000 together with the Russian and French co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
The Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian met with Steven Sestanovich and Carry Cavanaugh this September in New York. -0--