OSCE MEDIATORS TO HOLD MEETINGS ON KARABAKH ISSUE WITH AZERI AND ARMENIAN MFA HEADS EARLY OCTOBERSeptember 22, 2003 - 22:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk group for Karabakh conflict settlement are supposed to meet with Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers early October within the framework of the UNESCO conference to be held in Paris. As reported by Interfax-Azerbaijan agency, new Russian co-chairman of the OSCE MG Yuri Merzlyakov told journalists. At the same time he expressed satisfaction with the meeting with the US and French co-chairmen of the MG held in Vienna September 15. Yuri Merzlyakov also noted that some US mass media misinterpreted his words concerning the necessity of involving Nagorno Karabakh in the negotiations on the conflict. "I simply noted that it is desirable. But in the long run everything depends on Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as on the co-chairmen's opinion", - the diplomat emphasized.![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |