The Azeri side responded to the OSCE MG Co-chairs’ proposals in written form, OSCE MG Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said. In his words, Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov handed the reply at the London meeting September 13. “However, Mr. Mammadyarov warned that this not a final reply, the document can be presented to the other side after the co-chairs rework at it, and it is agreed upon with the Azerbaijani side,” the Russian diplomat said. According to him, the Armenian side made an oral statement that the text is acceptable but for some resolution amendments.
Yuri Merzlyakov remarked that the meeting of the Armenian and Azeri FMs will not take place within the framework of the 61st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. They will hold separate meetings with the mediators. The Russian diplomat said that September 12 in Paris the Armenian Minister warned he will refuse to meet with Mammadyarov in case the issue of ‘frozen conflicts’ is included in the session agenda. “On the day of meeting with Mammadyarov it was announced that GUAM’s proposal was not passed in the General Assembly and we agreed on the ministerial meeting in New York. But then the proposal was passed with one odd vote and Oskanian said he will not meet with Mammadyarov but will hold consultations with the Co-chairs,” Merzlyakov said, reported APA.
