January 22, 2002 - 22:16 AMT
OSCE CHAIRMAN TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN MARCH 25
The OSCE chairman, Portuguese foreign minister Jaime Gama's trip to the South Caucasian capitals is planned in late March. Gama will arrive in Yerevan March 25. He is going to meet with the political leadership of the country as well as the representatives of the opposition and non-governmental organizations. Issues concerned with the course of the talks on Karabakh conflict settlement will be discussed. Earlier the Portuguese minister stated about his intention to make efforts to force the talks between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents. It should be reminded that Gama has already been to Armenia. Last year, October he paid familiarization visit within the frameworks of the preparation of Portugal for the OSCE chairmanship.