OSCE MG Co-chairs return from Yerevan to Baku
January 18, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Matthew Bryza, Bernard Fassier and Yuri Merzlyakov returned from Yerevan to Baku to meet with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
At Baku airport Amb. Bryza told reporters that the Yerevan talks were constructive but there will hardly be any considerable progress before the presidential election in Armenia.
For his part, Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said that the positions of Azerbaijan and Armenia do not coincide on some chapters. "That is why we did not offer the Foreign Ministers to meet," he noted.
When touching upon participation of the Azeri community of Nagorno Karabakh in the talks, Merzlyakov said, "It's Azerbaijan's internal affair and if official Baku expresses such an intention, the Azeri community can join the talks," IA Regnum reports.
At Baku airport Amb. Bryza told reporters that the Yerevan talks were constructive but there will hardly be any considerable progress before the presidential election in Armenia.
For his part, Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said that the positions of Azerbaijan and Armenia do not coincide on some chapters. "That is why we did not offer the Foreign Ministers to meet," he noted.
When touching upon participation of the Azeri community of Nagorno Karabakh in the talks, Merzlyakov said, "It's Azerbaijan's internal affair and if official Baku expresses such an intention, the Azeri community can join the talks," IA Regnum reports.
