OSKANIAN AND MAMEDYAROV MAY HAVE PRIVATE MEETING IF NECESSARY

PanARMENIAN.Net - The recurrent meeting of Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers with participation of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorno Karabakh settlement will be held in Paris June 17, Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov stated. In his words, the Ministers will discuss issues outlined at the Prague meeting held on 11 January 2005. As noted by Mr. Azimov, before the meeting the OSCE MG Co-Chairs will have meet with each Minister. He also noted that Vartan Oskanian and Elmar Mamedyarov may have a private meeting if necessary. In Armenian FM V. Oskanian's words, at the Prague meeting «issues were consolidated», Azerbaijan «agreed not to raise the Nagorno Karabakh issue at the UN and to continue talks within the OSCE MG.» Azeri Deputy FM reported that negotiations were held over the stepwise plan, which includes liberation of 7 «occupied» regions, restoration of intra-regional communications, «return of the expelled Azeri population, decision over the Nagorno Karabakh status.» It should be noted that according to a report of the Armenian Foreign Ministry the Oskanian-Mamedyarov meeting in Paris will take place June 18.