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4 April 2005 - 05:19 AMT

AZERI FM DOES NOT RULE OUT PARTICIPATION OF NAGORNO KARABAKH AT CERTAIN STAGE OF SETTLEMENT PROCESS

Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov does not rule out that Nagorno Karabakh will joint the settlement process at a certain stage of the negotiations. “The negotiations between formal Baku and Yerevan should produce effect first; then experts and specialists will proceed to work”, Elmar Mamedyraov said when commenting on Azerbaijan’s position. The Azeri FM confirmed the meeting with Vardan Oskanian scheduled for April 15 in London. In his words, the format of the upcoming meeting to be held with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s Special Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk is being discussed at the moment. To note, the Armenian Foreign Ministry has not confirmed the information on the meeting yet.