BAKU, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: Russian Minsk Group cochairman Yury Merzlyakov told an Azerbaijani APA news agency that he and two other Group’s cochairmen from France and USA were getting prepared for a separate meeting with Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian.
Merzlyakov specified that that the date and the venue of the meeting were considered. “The meeting may take place either in Moscow, Warsaw or in some other European city a day or two ahead of the Council of Europe summit in Poland,” Merzlyakov was quoted as saying.
The Russian diplomat said the cochairmen’s earlier separate meeting with Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mamedyarov in Germany’s Frankfurt was “useful and productive.”
Merzlyakov said Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are very likely to have another round of talks over the Karabagh conflict on the fringes of the Council of Europe summit on May 16-17. He said the negotiation process would resume after the presidents’ meeting in the format of foreign ministers.
Merzlyakov also downplayed allegations that a PACE ad hoc commission on Karabagh could replace the Minsk Group, which is the main team of peace brokers mandated to help the sides to find a mutually acceptable peace formula.
“Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis said the commission could not replace the Minsk Group. Its main activity will be based on protection of human rights,” Merzlyakov quoted Davis as saying.
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