Armenian foreign minister tells Azeri counterpart not to make hasty
statements

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
14 Apr 04

[Presenter] The Armenian foreign minister [Vardan Oskanyan] will meet
his newly-appointed Azerbaijani colleague [Elmar Mammadyarov] in
Prague in a few days time. The meeting between Vardan Oskanyan and
Elmar Mammadyarov will take place on 16 April in keeping with the OSCE
Minsk Group cochairmen’s agreement. Vardan Oskanyan announced that it
is wrong to make statements now which is something that his
Azerbaijani colleague has been doing.

[Vardan Oskanyan, captioned] It hurts that the Azerbaijani foreign
minister keeps talking about Azerbaijan’s position ahead of a meeting
in Prague. This kind of tactics was tried by others before. It is
useless. It will only complicate Azerbaijan’s position.

They should understand that current international tendencies differ
from the positions declared by Azerbaijan. This will only complicate
things and create serious political problems. Statements should only
be made after the meeting.

I do not think that the Azerbaijani side should have done that.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress