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Interfax, Russia
February 4, 2013 Monday 2:53 PM MSK
Baku does not expect breakthrough in Karabakh settlement this year
BAKU. Feb 4
Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov thinks this year will not
see significant progress in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict due to presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"It is most likely that cochairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, in keeping
with the tradition, will wipe out 2013 from the negotiating process
given the presidential elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan," he told
the press on Monday.
However, he noted that time is going and the outstanding problem
troubles not only Azerbaijan but also countries and international
organizations supporting the republic.
"There are no new proposals on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict on the part of the cochairmen, but there are efforts aimed at
breaking the stalemate," he said.
"As you know, in 2010 Armenia rejected the draft key principles
compiled by the three cochairmen. Russia's mediation attempts of two
years did not produce any results either. One should leave the
negative point which [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsian created in
2010," he said.
"Gradually, Armenia is becoming isolated and a peace agreement with
Azerbaijan would be a way out of this situation," he said.
He added that the recent meeting of the foreign ministers of
Azerbaijan and Armenia in Paris "did not differ from previous ones in
any way."
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February 4, 2013 Monday 2:53 PM MSK
Baku does not expect breakthrough in Karabakh settlement this year
BAKU. Feb 4
Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov thinks this year will not
see significant progress in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict due to presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"It is most likely that cochairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, in keeping
with the tradition, will wipe out 2013 from the negotiating process
given the presidential elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan," he told
the press on Monday.
However, he noted that time is going and the outstanding problem
troubles not only Azerbaijan but also countries and international
organizations supporting the republic.
"There are no new proposals on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict on the part of the cochairmen, but there are efforts aimed at
breaking the stalemate," he said.
"As you know, in 2010 Armenia rejected the draft key principles
compiled by the three cochairmen. Russia's mediation attempts of two
years did not produce any results either. One should leave the
negative point which [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsian created in
2010," he said.
"Gradually, Armenia is becoming isolated and a peace agreement with
Azerbaijan would be a way out of this situation," he said.
He added that the recent meeting of the foreign ministers of
Azerbaijan and Armenia in Paris "did not differ from previous ones in
any way."
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