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ELMAR MAMMADYAROV: AZERBAIJAN'S POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED
armradio.am
03.04.2008 17:17
"I don't think Azerbaijan's position on the Nagorno Karabakh issue has
toughened: it is the same as during the past few years," Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told Armenian journalists in
Bucharest today.
Commenting on the current stage of the negotiation process,
the Foreign Minister said that during the meeting with the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chairs the Azerbaijani side discussed the ideas of
continuing the process. "The question now rests on how the Armenian
side sees the continuation of the talks. Azerbaijan's position has
remained the same. The resolution of the Karabakh conflict must be
realized on the basis of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan with
the comprehension that Nagorno Karabakh is given broad autonomy
within Azerbaijan." According to him, "this position of Azerbaijan
is gradually becoming more acceptable to other countries."
Turning to Azerbaijan's application to the OSCE connected with
the Minsk Group process, Mammadyarov said the institute of
Co-Chairmanship has been created, but no one knows when it will
end. "Under these circumstances it is necessary to clarify how the
institute of Co-Chairmanship works: if it has a beginning, than like
any institution it must have an end, and in this context we wish to
find out how it should work," the Azeri Minister noted.
In response to the question that this position is interpreted as a
warning to the OSCE Minsk Group, Elmar Mammadyarov said it is rather
a clarification "for the Co-Chairs to understand the responsibility
they bear for the resolution of the conflict."
As for the next meeting of the Presidents of the two countries,
Mamadyarov found it difficult to name a concrete date, adding that
the inauguration of RA President-Elect should take place first.
armradio.am
03.04.2008 17:17
"I don't think Azerbaijan's position on the Nagorno Karabakh issue has
toughened: it is the same as during the past few years," Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told Armenian journalists in
Bucharest today.
Commenting on the current stage of the negotiation process,
the Foreign Minister said that during the meeting with the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chairs the Azerbaijani side discussed the ideas of
continuing the process. "The question now rests on how the Armenian
side sees the continuation of the talks. Azerbaijan's position has
remained the same. The resolution of the Karabakh conflict must be
realized on the basis of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan with
the comprehension that Nagorno Karabakh is given broad autonomy
within Azerbaijan." According to him, "this position of Azerbaijan
is gradually becoming more acceptable to other countries."
Turning to Azerbaijan's application to the OSCE connected with
the Minsk Group process, Mammadyarov said the institute of
Co-Chairmanship has been created, but no one knows when it will
end. "Under these circumstances it is necessary to clarify how the
institute of Co-Chairmanship works: if it has a beginning, than like
any institution it must have an end, and in this context we wish to
find out how it should work," the Azeri Minister noted.
In response to the question that this position is interpreted as a
warning to the OSCE Minsk Group, Elmar Mammadyarov said it is rather
a clarification "for the Co-Chairs to understand the responsibility
they bear for the resolution of the conflict."
As for the next meeting of the Presidents of the two countries,
Mamadyarov found it difficult to name a concrete date, adding that
the inauguration of RA President-Elect should take place first.