OSCE MG organizing a meeting of Armenian and Azeri FMs in New YorkSeptember 17, 2008 - 22:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The current regional visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs is endeavored after the 5-day war in South Ossetia, French Co-chair Bernard Fassier said. "Today, I have already visited Stepanakert. Now I am in Yerevan. Tomorrow I'll be in Tbilisi. On Friday, I'll visit Baku. The mediators are arriving by one, but it doesn't mean that the format has changed. It's just a working schedule," he told a news conference. He informed that the main purpose of the visit is to prepare a meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in New York. "As to a trilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan is beyond the Minsk Group's competence," he said. The French diplomat also said that the talks on the basis of Madrid Basic Principles will be continued after the Azerbaijani presidential election due this October. "These proposals were approved by both sides. However, recognition of Kosovo's independence, frequent skirmishes at the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh and presidential election in Armenia retarded the process. We are hopeful that the talks will be refreshed after the presidential election in Azerbaijan," he said. 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. |