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BAKU BLAMES YEREVAN FOR LACK OF KARABAKH PROGRESS
news.az
Dec 2 2010
Azerbaijan
A senior Azerbaijani official has accused Armenia of undermining the
Karabakh talks process whenever rapprochement is in the offing.
Ali Hasanov, head of the Presidential Administration's public policy
department, was commenting to journalists today on the OSCE summit.
"Serious efforts for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
were made at the OSCE summit in Astana. The super powers showed their
position and said the states must compromise for a peaceful solution to
the conflict. Unfortunately, we did not see this, as the Armenian side
dodged a solution by exaggerating the controversial issues," he said.
"You remember how the authorities were changed in Armenia in 1999,
although the sides were very close to agreement. So the whole world
has seen once again that Yerevan is not constructive. However,
our president set out the position of Azerbaijan in his speech and
said that he could not bear a situation in which Azerbaijani land
is occupied."
Asked whether he meant that Azerbaijan's patience was running out,
Hasanov replied that "Azerbaijan's patience is not infinite".
"No-one should be surprised, if one fine day Azerbaijan exercises its
right and moves to liberate its occupied territory. Nevertheless, for
now we still support a continuation of the peace talks and hope that
after the Astana meeting the Minsk Group will step up its efforts. But
I repeat once more that our patience is not infinite. Armenia and
the international community should draw conclusions from Yerevan's
unconstructive position."
Ali Hasanov said that Azerbaijan had signed the summit protocol with
one condition: "It is noted that the international community will
strengthen its role in the peaceful solution to the conflict. If
Armenia does not back this, Azerbaijan will preserve the right to
liberate its territories."
The OSCE Minsk Group mediators on the Karabakh conflict had hoped
that the two leaders might meet on the sidelines of the Astana summit.
Armenian media claimed that it was Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
who refused to meet the presidents of Armenia and Russia at the summit.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Dec 2 2010
Azerbaijan
A senior Azerbaijani official has accused Armenia of undermining the
Karabakh talks process whenever rapprochement is in the offing.
Ali Hasanov, head of the Presidential Administration's public policy
department, was commenting to journalists today on the OSCE summit.
"Serious efforts for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
were made at the OSCE summit in Astana. The super powers showed their
position and said the states must compromise for a peaceful solution to
the conflict. Unfortunately, we did not see this, as the Armenian side
dodged a solution by exaggerating the controversial issues," he said.
"You remember how the authorities were changed in Armenia in 1999,
although the sides were very close to agreement. So the whole world
has seen once again that Yerevan is not constructive. However,
our president set out the position of Azerbaijan in his speech and
said that he could not bear a situation in which Azerbaijani land
is occupied."
Asked whether he meant that Azerbaijan's patience was running out,
Hasanov replied that "Azerbaijan's patience is not infinite".
"No-one should be surprised, if one fine day Azerbaijan exercises its
right and moves to liberate its occupied territory. Nevertheless, for
now we still support a continuation of the peace talks and hope that
after the Astana meeting the Minsk Group will step up its efforts. But
I repeat once more that our patience is not infinite. Armenia and
the international community should draw conclusions from Yerevan's
unconstructive position."
Ali Hasanov said that Azerbaijan had signed the summit protocol with
one condition: "It is noted that the international community will
strengthen its role in the peaceful solution to the conflict. If
Armenia does not back this, Azerbaijan will preserve the right to
liberate its territories."
The OSCE Minsk Group mediators on the Karabakh conflict had hoped
that the two leaders might meet on the sidelines of the Astana summit.
Armenian media claimed that it was Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
who refused to meet the presidents of Armenia and Russia at the summit.
From: A. Papazian