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Russian ambassador of OSCE Minsk group satisfied with talks in Baku

31 May 2005 [13:32] - TODAY.AZ
Russian Ambassador Yuriy Merzlyakov, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, is satisfied with the results of OSCE Mink Group co-chairs to the region and talks held under the peaceable resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
In his exclusive interview for Trend Merzlyakov said that he had very good impression and talks with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister were too constrictive. “At least, we defined approximate date of the next meeting of the Foreign Ministers with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group c-chairs. Now the prospects are clear,” the diplomat said.

Merzlyakov attributed the meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, held at the initiative of Azerbaijan, as important. «Our current tour of the region was not a traditional and usual visit, that the co-chairs do, as it targeted meeting with the Foreign Minister. “We are very grateful to the President, who found time to receive the mediators after a difficult period of preparations for the opening ceremony of the Azerbaijani section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export oil pipeline. We had interesting, important and makes us hopeful for further constructive development of talks,” the Russian Ambassador stressed.

 In two days the exact date of the meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs with the Armenian Foreign Minister, Vardan Oskanian, approximately scheduled for early June 2005, will be determined. Late in June it is planned to hold a meeting in the format of OSCE Minsk co-chairs and Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers. Besides, the OSCE Minsk

Group co-chairs are planning to pay a visit to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict region.

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