NAGORNO KARABAKH AUTHORITIES MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE PEACE PROCESS

YEREVAN, March 31. /Mediamax/. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have welcomed the direct dialogue of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Nevertheless, they also recognize that Nagorno-Karabakh authorities must be included in the process and the views of the population there taken into account.
This is the text of a fact sheet released in conjunction with peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh between Presidents Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Robert Kocharian of Armenia that are scheduled to begin April 3 in Key West, Florida. The April 3-7 Key West talks will introduce a new format by having the presidents meet separately with the three Co-Chair mediators in a proximity format over the course of several days, the document says. –0–