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Interfax, Russia
July 16 2010
Nalbandian does not plan to discuss return of occupied areas with Mammadyarov
YEREVAN July 16
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian has said that he is not
going to discuss the handover of the Lachin and Kelbadzhar districts
to Azerbaijan at a meeting with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov.
"Armenia has never discussed the handover of the Lachin and Kelbadzhar
districts with Azerbaijan. Nor was this issue discussed at the
presidents' meeting in St. Petersburg," Nalbandian said on Public
Television of Armenia.
Mammadyarov said earlier that at the upcoming meeting with Nalbandian
he expects to clarify when Armenia is going to withdraw troops from
the Lachin and Kelbadzhar districts.
Baku lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven neighboring
districts as a result of a conflict with Yerevan in the 1990s, which
forced nearly one million Azeri people to flee their homes.
The UN Security Council has adopted a number of resolutions condemning
the occupation of Azerbaijan's territories and demanding the
withdrawal of Armenian servicemen from the region.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been negotiating a solution to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through third-party mediators from the U.S.,
Russia and France, which co-chair the Organization for Security and
Co- operation in Europe Minsk Group.
From: A. Papazian
July 16 2010
Nalbandian does not plan to discuss return of occupied areas with Mammadyarov
YEREVAN July 16
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian has said that he is not
going to discuss the handover of the Lachin and Kelbadzhar districts
to Azerbaijan at a meeting with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov.
"Armenia has never discussed the handover of the Lachin and Kelbadzhar
districts with Azerbaijan. Nor was this issue discussed at the
presidents' meeting in St. Petersburg," Nalbandian said on Public
Television of Armenia.
Mammadyarov said earlier that at the upcoming meeting with Nalbandian
he expects to clarify when Armenia is going to withdraw troops from
the Lachin and Kelbadzhar districts.
Baku lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven neighboring
districts as a result of a conflict with Yerevan in the 1990s, which
forced nearly one million Azeri people to flee their homes.
The UN Security Council has adopted a number of resolutions condemning
the occupation of Azerbaijan's territories and demanding the
withdrawal of Armenian servicemen from the region.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been negotiating a solution to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through third-party mediators from the U.S.,
Russia and France, which co-chair the Organization for Security and
Co- operation in Europe Minsk Group.
From: A. Papazian