June 13, 2002 - 22:58 AMT
MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRMAN TO MEET WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON KARABAKH
OSCE Minsk group new representative Hugh Perner's visit to Armenia continues. Yesterday he met with Armenian president Robert Kocharian and defense minister Serge Sarkisian. The co-chairman's meeting with deputy foreign minister, personal representatives of the president for the negotiations on Karabakh Tatul Markarian is planned for today. Tomorrow the French diplomat will leave Yerevan. It is noteworthy, Hugh Perner is not going to visit Baku this time. It should be reminded, Perner succeeded France's representative to the Minsk group Philip de Suremain who was appointed ambassador to Ukraine. Perne is the head of the continental Europe department of the French foreign ministry. He worked in the embassy of France in Moscow, Washington and Kiev.