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AZERBAIJAN DISMISSES ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE
news.az
July 22 2010
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Baku has dismissed remarks from the
Armenian president on proposals that should form the basis of talks
on the Karabakh peace conflict.
Serzh Sargsyan said yesterday that Armenia was ready to use proposals
put forward in St Petersburg as a basis for talks on a Karabakh
peace settlement and that it was now Azerbaijan's turn to make its
position clear.
The proposals were made at a meeting in St Petersburg in June between
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, mediated by Russian President
Dmitriy Medvedev, in June.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said today
that the meeting in St Petersburg had involved only one Minsk Group
co-chairing state - Russia - so the proposals made there could
not be considered an initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group mediators,
1 news.az reported.
"The format of the negotiating process on the resolution of the
Karabakh conflict envisages proposals agreed by all the three
co-chairing countries - Russia, the USA and France," Polukhov said.
"Russia made a working proposal in St Petersburg which does not
influence the Madrid principles proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group. The
format of the current negotiating process was confirmed in Athens
in the statement of the foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk group
co-chairing states, then in Canada in a joint statement of the
presidents of the United States, Russia and France on the sidelines
of the G8 summit," Polukhov said
The ministry noted again that it is continuing the negotiating process
to find a resolution to the Karabakh conflict on the basis of these
statements which were made at the highest level by the countries
co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, 1 news.az reported.
The Armenian president's comments on the St Petersburg proposals echo
earlier statements by Azerbaijan that the negotiations would continue
once Armenia had accepted as a basis for negotiations the updated
Madrid principles, put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group mediators. The
difference between the updated Madrid principles and St Petersburg
proposals has not been made public.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
July 22 2010
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Baku has dismissed remarks from the
Armenian president on proposals that should form the basis of talks
on the Karabakh peace conflict.
Serzh Sargsyan said yesterday that Armenia was ready to use proposals
put forward in St Petersburg as a basis for talks on a Karabakh
peace settlement and that it was now Azerbaijan's turn to make its
position clear.
The proposals were made at a meeting in St Petersburg in June between
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, mediated by Russian President
Dmitriy Medvedev, in June.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said today
that the meeting in St Petersburg had involved only one Minsk Group
co-chairing state - Russia - so the proposals made there could
not be considered an initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group mediators,
1 news.az reported.
"The format of the negotiating process on the resolution of the
Karabakh conflict envisages proposals agreed by all the three
co-chairing countries - Russia, the USA and France," Polukhov said.
"Russia made a working proposal in St Petersburg which does not
influence the Madrid principles proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group. The
format of the current negotiating process was confirmed in Athens
in the statement of the foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk group
co-chairing states, then in Canada in a joint statement of the
presidents of the United States, Russia and France on the sidelines
of the G8 summit," Polukhov said
The ministry noted again that it is continuing the negotiating process
to find a resolution to the Karabakh conflict on the basis of these
statements which were made at the highest level by the countries
co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, 1 news.az reported.
The Armenian president's comments on the St Petersburg proposals echo
earlier statements by Azerbaijan that the negotiations would continue
once Armenia had accepted as a basis for negotiations the updated
Madrid principles, put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group mediators. The
difference between the updated Madrid principles and St Petersburg
proposals has not been made public.
From: A. Papazian