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    UNCLEAR OUTCOME OF PARIS MEETING

    Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
    Jan 27 2014

    27 January 2014 - 5:11pm

    The last meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan,
    Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian, took place last week in
    Paris behind closed doors.

    The press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Elman
    Abdullayev, said that discussions at the meeting were "meaningful,
    specific and intense" and concerned the territorial integrity of
    Azerbaijan. However, the next day Abdullayev's counterpart in Armenia,
    Tigran Balayan, did not confirm his words. No other official statements
    have been made yet.

    Both Azerbaijani and Armenian political analysts find it difficult to
    assess the importance of the meeting. Thus, the head of the department
    of public international law of Baku State University, Rustam Mammadov,
    noted that only the fact of the meeting can be stated with certainty.

    In turn, the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
    National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Ruben Safrastyan, said that
    the negotiations were compromised by provocations which took place
    at the same time on the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    Rustam Mammadov expressed confidence that recent tension on the
    borders was cause by forces that want to stop the negotiating process.

    The expert could not specify what forces he was talking about.

    Safrastian said that in his opinion provocative actions were organized
    by the Azerbaijani side. Incidents on the border are used to pressure
    the Armenian side, he believes.

    Note that it was Armenia that was accused of provocations by the
    Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. In response, Edward Nalbandian
    stressed that such accusations cause "a serious blow to the
    negotiations."

    The last meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan,
    Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian, took place last week in
    Paris behind closed doors.

    The press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Elman
    Abdullayev, said that discussions at the meeting were "meaningful,
    specific and intense" and concerned the territorial integrity of
    Azerbaijan. However, the next day Abdullayev's counterpart in Armenia,
    Tigran Balayan, did not confirm his words. No other official statements
    have been made yet.

    Both Azerbaijani and Armenian political analysts find it difficult to
    assess the importance of the meeting. Thus, the head of the department
    of public international law of Baku State University, Rustam Mammadov,
    noted that only the fact of the meeting can be stated with certainty.

    In turn, the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
    National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Ruben Safrastyan, said that
    the negotiations were compromised by provocations which took place
    at the same time on the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    Rustam Mammadov expressed confidence that recent tension on the
    borders was cause by forces that want to stop the negotiating process.

    The expert could not specify what forces he was talking about.

    Safrastian said that in his opinion provocative actions were organized
    by the Azerbaijani side. Incidents on the border are used to pressure
    the Armenian side, he believes.

    Note that it was Armenia that was accused of provocations by the
    Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. In response, Edward Nalbandian
    stressed that such accusations cause "a serious blow to the
    negotiations."



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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