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2 February 2006 - 10:58 AMT

OSCE Minsk Group Optimistic about Karabakh Issue

“We remain optimistic,” OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated upon completion of the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian. When asked to comment on the statement by the Azerbaijani President, who said that Baku will never agree on Karabakh’s separation, Yuri Merzlyakov noted, “These words are not addressed to us. We have not heard anything of the kind and cannot comment on it,” reported RFE/RL.