According to the Turkish print media, a meeting has been held in Turkey between the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, Arman Kirakosian, and a representative of the Foreign Ministry of Turkey.

Vladimir Karapetian, Acting Spokesperson responds to the questions by Arminfo news agency.
February 13, 2007

Question: Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister has called the last Moscow meeting as a “step backwards” and said that “if Armenians do not continue based on our former agreements, then it will probably be pointless to continue." How do you interpret this?

Answer: It is odd that comments about the Moscow negotiations are being made 20 days after that meeting.

We have already had the opportunity to assess the most recent stage of negotiations, and we consider them constructive and hopeful. The mediators agreed with this assessment. It is possible that in anticipation of the next meeting of foreign ministers, the Azerbaijani Deputy Minister is preparing the ground, as he has done countless times in the past, for the Azerbaijani side's non-constructive approach.

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