May 20, 2005 - 11:30 AMT
ARMENIAN MFA CONFIRMED OSKANIAN-MAMEDYAROV MEETING
The recurrent meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mamedyarov and Vartan Oskanian will be held in June, OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated, "I cannot name the exact date and place of the meeting. It is a rather difficult task to bring the FMs to mutual consent, as all have their schedules". According to Merzlyakov, the meeting will proceed in the initial format - with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group, APA Azeri news agency reports. In a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter Armenian Foreign Ministry's Press Secretary Hamlet Gasparian confirmed the information on the upcoming meeting. In his words, the Co-Chairs have already coached the FMs for the recurrent meeting, however the terms and place have not been determined yet. At the same time he noted that upon completion of the Warsaw the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have ordered the FMs to continue the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement.