According to him the aim of the visit was to make presidents agree to hold meeting in Saint Petersburg to which Robert Kocharian answered positively, APA reports.

"I hope Azerbaijan president will agree too. We had with Robert Kocharian quite successful meeting and I met Prime Minster Serge Sarkisian. We had two meetings with Foreign minister Vardan Oskanian in a day. We achieved progress during the meetings in Iravan. The Working document on basic principles proposed by the OSCE was also discussed within the visit."

"I hope we will achieve much progress in the process of negotiations in Baku. I am quite sure of only one thing that there is no new principle or global proposals on the settlement of conflict. New proposals have not been made in the settlement of conflict and it is impossible. Basic principles are clear and determined. These principles will be base for future political agreement."

Yuri Merzlyakov said foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Armenia focus their attention on the discussion of the details of the conflict.

"We want presidents to approach the problem from global aspect. If presidents' meeting is fruitful there will be need only for agreement on basic principles. I would not say that Saint Petersburg meeting will be end of negotiations process. If we focus attention on the results of the meeting we can see that there will be need only for one meeting to agree basic principles. After it official agreement will be made. We think there is 90 percent objective condition for the settlement of problem. Bernar Fassier, French co chair of OSCE Minsk said military solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is impossible."

"Both Washington and Moscow think military option on the settlement of Karabakh conflict is impossible. So there is no alternative to peaceful agreement. The war is not solution. Azerbaijan and Armenian presidents should demonstrate political will in the settlement of conflict.

"But we show presidents ways of compromise. But we do not have magic stick. We are not going to decide for them. The proposals of co chairs are significant factor. But there is much more significant factor- sides should demonstrate political will."