OSCE MINSK GROUP RECURRENT MEETING EXPECTED MID SEPTEMBER

OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen will discuss new proposals for Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement in Vienna September 15. OSCE Minsk group new Russian co-chairman Yuri Merzlyakov being in Baku on an acknowledging visit told about it at the meeting with Azeri prime minister Ilham Aliyev. In the diplomat’s words, as reported by “Zerkalo” Azeri newspaper, the OSCE mediators are planning to visit Nagorno Karabakh conflict region in November or December of the current year presumably. In his turn, Ilham Aliyev emphasized that the Azeri leadership and society are concerned over the fact that the Minsk mediators refrain from taking any practical steps in the process of the conflict settlement. He also noted that Azerbaijan does not intend to establish any economic relations with Armenia until the latter returns the “occupied territories” belonging to Azerbaijan.