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Azeri FM to visit NYC

19 September 2006 [12:29] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will leave for New York on September 23 to attend the 61st session of the UN General Assembly.

The Ministry spokesman Tahir Tagizadeh told the APA the agenda of the 61st session also covers the issue "GUAM frozen conflicts, their impact on international arena, security and development," which was included at the initiative of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova). GUAM Foreign Ministers will meet during the session. The organization’s secretary general is expected to be elected.

During Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers' talks with the co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group in London on 12 September, it was agreed to arrange the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers in the frames of the Prague process in New York on September 25 or 26 this year.

Mr.Tagizadeh said the Ministry has not been informed about any changes to the agreement on the Ministers' meeting.

Armenian Minister Oskanian declared his refusal of the meeting in protest against the inclusion of "frozen conflicts" into the agenda of the UN General Assembly's session.

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