September 8, 2008 - 19:33 AMT
RF MFA: Lavrov and Mammadyarov didn't discuss OSCE MG replacement
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov did not discuss replacement of the OSCE Minsk Groups dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, deputy head of the information at press division at the Russian MFA Igor Lyapin Frolov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

The Foreign Ministers discussed the Russian-Azeri relations and exchanged views on a number of international and regional issues, including the situation in South Ossetia.

With a reference to Russian media, Bakililar.az Azeri news agency circulated reports that the Russian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers discussed a possibility to replace the OSCE Minsk Group.