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  • Baku Interprets Essence Of Talks On Karabakh Too Loosely - Armenian

    BAKU INTERPRETS ESSENCE OF TALKS ON KARABAKH TOO LOOSELY - ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

    Interfax
    May 12 2010
    Russia

    Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is worried by Azeri
    officials' remarks suggesting that the two countries could resume
    armed hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh.

    "Azerbaijan is continuing to distort not only the reasons and
    consequences of the conflict, but also the essence of the negotiations,
    and it is also taking any opportunity to threaten to use force," the
    Armenian Foreign Ministry press service quoted Nalbandian as saying
    at the 120th session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers
    in Strasbourg.

    A statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict the OSCE Ministerial
    Council adopted in December last year rejects the use of force or a
    threat of such and acknowledges people's right to self-determination
    and territorial integrity,.

    "The same principles are contained in the Madrid document, which
    the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs presented in 2007. Baku rejected the
    existence of this document for a year until they suggested that they
    accept it. However, if we try to clarify the situation, Azerbaijan's
    position includes too many exceptions, and they interpret their
    provisions too loosely," he said.

    "Judging by the record of the past years, it is obvious that all
    of Azerbaijan's efforts aimed at resolving the problem at other
    international forums and so influencing the negotiations within the
    framework of the Minsk Group are destructive," Nalbandian said.

    Despite Azerbaijan's obstructions on the path of settling the
    conflict, Armenia will continue its efforts to resolve the problem
    of Nagorno-Karabakh through negotiations, he said.
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