JACQUES CHIRAC IS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

YEREVAN, February 20. /Mediamax/. The American influential New York Times paper reported today that after seven years of an uneasy truce and stalled peace talks, signs of progress have emerged in the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Quoting Western diplomats, New York Times writes that after January 26 meeting with Kocharian and Aliyev French President Jacques Chirac telephoned U.S. President George Bush on Feb. 1 to brief him. Western diplomats said that
Mr. Chirac and Mr. Bush had discussed Nagorno-Karabakh at length and that the French president was guardedly optimistic about a possible settlement. –0–