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9 June 2006 - 14:45 AMT

Armenian and Azeri FMs Will Exchange Opinion to Fill in Gaps

During the upcoming meeting the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers will discuss the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process. They will also touch upon the steps that can possibly be taken after the Bucharest talks, Azeri Deputy FM Araz Azimov stated. In his words, the FMs will fill in the gaps that occurred during the negotiations. “We should determine the further direction of the dialogue for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement,” he said.

As for the change of the OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair, Araz Azimov remarked that the diplomat who will replace Steven Mann will be less mature in the Karabakh issue. However, according to the Azeri Deputy FM, the replacement of the Co-chair will not have an impact on the settlement process.

Azimov rated Steven Mann’s activities as positive. He made an important contribution to the dialogue for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, he considers, reported Trend.