OSCE MG Co-chairs return from Yerevan to BakuJanuary 18, 2008 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - January 18, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Matthew Bryza, Bernard Fassier and Yuri Merzlyakov returned from Yerevan to Baku to meet with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.At Baku airport Amb. Bryza told reporters that the Yerevan talks were constructive but there will hardly be any considerable progress before the presidential election in Armenia. For his part, Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said that the positions of Azerbaijan and Armenia do not coincide on some chapters. "That is why we did not offer the Foreign Ministers to meet," he noted. When touching upon participation of the Azeri community of Nagorno Karabakh in the talks, Merzlyakov said, "It's Azerbaijan's internal affair and if official Baku expresses such an intention, the Azeri community can join the talks," IA Regnum reports. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |