Bernard Fassier: Difficult to guess outcome of meeting in Geneva

PanARMENIAN.Net - "One of the goals of my visit to the region is to prepare the meeting between Armenian and Azeri FMs in Geneva, which will be held March 14," OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier stated to a press conference in Yerevan. He said, the agreement on holding a meeting was reached during the meeting of OSCE Co-Chairs in Paris this February. "I am dealing with preparations alone because my schedule of works is not so intense considered with other Co-Chairs, but I am speaking on behalf of them. All my meetings in Baku and Yerevan, including the meeting with the head of Nagorno Karabakh Arkadi Ghukassian were productive and constructive," Fassier said. In his words, to guess the outcome of Geneva meeting is difficult, but he hopes that "the sides will be able to come to any agreement".



"The matter is not about some new offers or magic ways of settlement. The matter is about the document on the table," the French mediator stressed. He noted, if talks are successful, that is to say, an agreement is reached on the main principles of settlement, as well as if several constructive meetings are held, it will be possible to speak about preparing a meeting between the presidents of both countries. "But in any case during electoral campaign in Armenia no steps will be made. We can speak about something concrete after May 12," Bernard Fassier told.