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  • BAKU: Armenia begins to have negative pressure on the peace process

    Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
    May 23 2009


    Armenia begins to have a negative pressure on the peace process - the
    Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan
    23.05.09 21:28


    Syria, Damascus, May 23 / Trend News corr. U. Sadihova /

    In St. Petersburg, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will
    continue to discuss those issues that continue to remain being on the
    agenda of the peace settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said
    to Trend News in an interview Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
    Mammadyarov.

    In Damascus, Mammadyarov participates in the 36th meeting of Foreign
    Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

    "Discussions between the parties will take place in framework, already
    defined on the agenda, as continuation of the meeting in Prague."

    The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serj
    Sarkisyan plan to meet again in June in St. Petersburg within the
    framework of participation in the economic forum.

    "Of course, the Presidents will discuss any topic that is planned to
    be discussed, but now I would very much wish to hear the notes of
    constructivism by Armenia. Despite the development of the new
    situation in the region, Armenia, unfortunately, began to have a
    negative pressure on the peace process."

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding
    districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in
    1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the
    U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

    "We have reached everything in the peace process with the former
    administration of Armenia (during the Kocharyan presidency), with the
    current administration in Armenia, we have not achieved anything. As a
    person leading the negotiations, I can not say that we have made even
    some progress in current issues "- said Mammadyarov.

    According to the minister, from the date of new president's coming
    into power in Armenia, "the situation hasn't changed a bit. "

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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