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Interfax, Russia
May 21 2013
Karabakh negotiations to accelerate in yearend - Azeri foreign minister
MOSCOW. May 21
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov expects progress in the
Karabakh settlement after the Azeri election in the end of this year.
"I think as soon as we are through with elections, and the elections
are already over in Armenia and will end in Azerbaijan by the end of
this year, we should double or even triple our efforts for making a
breakthrough, progress in the settlement of this complex but solvable
conflict," Mammadyarov told a press conference after negotiations with
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday.
He also said Azerbaijan hoped to overcome stagnation at the
negotiations caused by elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In turn, Lavrov said that Russia intended to continue promotion of the
Karabakh conflict settlement, in particular, in the capacity of an
OSCE Minsk Group cochairman.
"We are one of the three main mediators and we intend to continue
contributing to the sides' search for mutually acceptable solutions
within the framework of our bilateral relations with Baku and Yerevan
and in the capacity of a country co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group,"
Lavrov said.
May 21 2013
Karabakh negotiations to accelerate in yearend - Azeri foreign minister
MOSCOW. May 21
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov expects progress in the
Karabakh settlement after the Azeri election in the end of this year.
"I think as soon as we are through with elections, and the elections
are already over in Armenia and will end in Azerbaijan by the end of
this year, we should double or even triple our efforts for making a
breakthrough, progress in the settlement of this complex but solvable
conflict," Mammadyarov told a press conference after negotiations with
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday.
He also said Azerbaijan hoped to overcome stagnation at the
negotiations caused by elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In turn, Lavrov said that Russia intended to continue promotion of the
Karabakh conflict settlement, in particular, in the capacity of an
OSCE Minsk Group cochairman.
"We are one of the three main mediators and we intend to continue
contributing to the sides' search for mutually acceptable solutions
within the framework of our bilateral relations with Baku and Yerevan
and in the capacity of a country co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group,"
Lavrov said.