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KARABAKH TALKS HAVE TO CONTINUE, SAYS BAKU
news.az
Aug 10, 2011
Azerbaijan
Negotiations must be continued on a Karabakh settlement, a top Baku
official has said following a meeting of the Russian and Azerbaijani
presidents.
Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department at the
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, was commenting on Dmitriy
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev's meeting in Sochi on 9 August.
"The presidents' position can be described as follows: at recent
meetings and talks mediated by President Dmitriy Medvedev, it became
possible to bring closer the parties' positions on some issues in
accordance with the Madrid principles," 1news.az reported Mammadov
as saying.
His words echoed comments by Ilham Aliyev at the start of the talks
in Sochi. Thanking the Russian president for his mediation efforts,
Aliyev said: "The rounds of talks have brought the positions of the
sides closer."
The mediators have for some years been urging Azerbaijan and Armenia
to agree on the Madrid principles, also known as the basic principles,
for a settlement to the Karabakh conflict.
They include the withdrawal of Armenian forces from Karabakh and the
surrounding districts, the return home of displaced persons and the
determination of Karabakh's legal status through a referendum.
"It is therefore necessary to continue the negotiations," Azerbaijani
Presidential Administration official Novruz Mammadov said on Wednesday.
"At the same time, President Ilham Aliyev described the numerous
attempts by the Armenian leadership to use close circles and the
Armenian diaspora to put the blame on Azerbaijan for the lack of
success in negotiations, as happened after the meeting in Kazan,
as a sign of their insincerity," Mammadov said.
President Aliyev once again briefed his Russian counterpart on
Azerbaijan's position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the official
said.
The Russian and Azerbaijani presidents spoke to the press before
their meeting in Sochi on 9 August but made no statements afterwards.
The Russian president is expected to hold similar discussions with
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, whom he is due to meet at a
Collective Security Treat summit in Kazakhstan on 12 August.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Aug 10, 2011
Azerbaijan
Negotiations must be continued on a Karabakh settlement, a top Baku
official has said following a meeting of the Russian and Azerbaijani
presidents.
Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department at the
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, was commenting on Dmitriy
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev's meeting in Sochi on 9 August.
"The presidents' position can be described as follows: at recent
meetings and talks mediated by President Dmitriy Medvedev, it became
possible to bring closer the parties' positions on some issues in
accordance with the Madrid principles," 1news.az reported Mammadov
as saying.
His words echoed comments by Ilham Aliyev at the start of the talks
in Sochi. Thanking the Russian president for his mediation efforts,
Aliyev said: "The rounds of talks have brought the positions of the
sides closer."
The mediators have for some years been urging Azerbaijan and Armenia
to agree on the Madrid principles, also known as the basic principles,
for a settlement to the Karabakh conflict.
They include the withdrawal of Armenian forces from Karabakh and the
surrounding districts, the return home of displaced persons and the
determination of Karabakh's legal status through a referendum.
"It is therefore necessary to continue the negotiations," Azerbaijani
Presidential Administration official Novruz Mammadov said on Wednesday.
"At the same time, President Ilham Aliyev described the numerous
attempts by the Armenian leadership to use close circles and the
Armenian diaspora to put the blame on Azerbaijan for the lack of
success in negotiations, as happened after the meeting in Kazan,
as a sign of their insincerity," Mammadov said.
President Aliyev once again briefed his Russian counterpart on
Azerbaijan's position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the official
said.
The Russian and Azerbaijani presidents spoke to the press before
their meeting in Sochi on 9 August but made no statements afterwards.
The Russian president is expected to hold similar discussions with
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, whom he is due to meet at a
Collective Security Treat summit in Kazakhstan on 12 August.
From: A. Papazian