November 5, 2003 - 18:32 AMT
TIME OF OSCE MINSK GROUP VISIT TO KARABAKH CONFLICT REGION TO BE DEFINED AFTER NOVEMBER 15
The time of visit of the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) co-chairs to the region of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be defined only after November 15, stated MG Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov, "Novosti" Russian agency reported. In his words, in the course of the visit the mediators will not present any new proposals for the conflict settlement to the parties. They will only suggest "new ideas, the accepting of which will depend on the approaches and the political will of the parties," Merzlyakov noted. It should be reminded that according to previous statements of OSCE representatives, the OSCE MG co-chairs had been scheduled to visit the region November 8.