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Azerbaijani President agrees to meet with Armenian President in St. Petersburg on June 4

29 May 2009 17:09 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that after the meetings with Azerbaijani officials, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs informed about it at the Heydar Aliyev Airport before leaving for Yerevan. French co-chair Bernard Fassier noted that the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents would be held in St. Petersburg on June 4.

The French diplomat stated that they would meet Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan and foreign minister Edvard Nalbandian and hoped for positive response from them for the meeting. Taking stance on Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutogluâ€™s statements about no progress has been achieved in solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Bernard Fassier disagreed with these thoughts: â€œI donâ€™t agree with the statement that the co-chairs were not able to achieve a progress. There are concrete proposals prepared by the mediators on the table. Reaching to agreement or signing any document depends on the presidentsâ€™ political will and courageâ€.

American co-chair Matthew Bryza said the meetings with Azerbaijani officials were constructive and productive. The diplomat said they expected the same from the Armenian authorities. He stated the Azerbaijani President agreed to meet with Armenian president and hoped to get a positive answer from the opposite side. The American diplomat also stated that it was too early speak about signing of any documents in St. Petersburg meeting. â€œHowever all may happen, the main issue is the presidentsâ€™ positionsâ€.

Matthew Bryza emphasized that he would revisit Baku on June 1 in order to attend the Caspian Oil-Gas Exhibition.

But the Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said nothing to the journalists.