Russian mediator `to be replaced by year-end`
The Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh will be replaced by the end of the year,
according to Vladimir Dorokhin, Russia`s ambassador in Baku.
Yuri Merzlyakov, who currently acts in this capacity, will be appointed to a new post, Dorokhin said, but he neither specified the position nor named the successor.
Merzlyakov has represented Russia in the Minsk Group since 2003.
Dorokhin added that the reports on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin`s taking the co-chair`s job had no merit.
Yuri Merzlyakov, who currently acts in this capacity, will be appointed to a new post, Dorokhin said, but he neither specified the position nor named the successor.
Merzlyakov has represented Russia in the Minsk Group since 2003.
Dorokhin added that the reports on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin`s taking the co-chair`s job had no merit.
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