ArmenPress
Aug 10 2004

FM PRESS SECRETARY SAYS AZERBAIJAN SHOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN PEACE

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign ministry press
secretary Hamlet Gasparian commented on Mamediaor’v recent statement
saying that Azerbaiajan will consider its determination to be
involved in negotiation process unless OSCE Minks Group comes up with
a statement condemning Armenian actions (in relation to August 8
municipality elections and military exercises in Nagorno Karabakh).
Gasparian said Azerbaijan is trying to make a trick out of its
involvement in negotiation process and uses it as a means to make
pressures on international community, particularly OSCE Minsk Group.
This does not speak about Azerbaijan’s seriousness in its efforts to
reach peace.
Imagine that Armenia also rises issues as a precondition for its
continued involvement in negotiation process, for example, demanding
that the mediators greet the elections in Nagorno Karabakh, Gasparian
continued. After all, not only Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh but
Azerbaijan should also be interested in peace. Otherwise, fruitless
are negotiations with a partner who serves them as a means for
blackmail and manipulations, Gasparian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress