Baku Today

President Aliyev expects no changes in Yerevan’s position

AssA-Irada 19/03/2005 12:22

President Ilham Aliyev, who is in China on an official visit, told
journalists while visiting the Great Wall of China on Friday that Armenia is
pursuing a destructive policy and he does not expect official Yerevan to
change its position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

Aliyev said Baku will take adequate steps if peace talks turn out fruitless.

Commenting on the report by the OSCE fact-finding mission on the illegal
settlement of Armenians in the occupied regions of Azerbaijan, President
Aliyev said the document includes provisions directed at resolving the
conflict and official Baku should use them.

`The peace talks that have continued for over 10 years have yielded no
results yet. The Azerbaijani people’s patience is not endless,’ Aliyev said.

With regard to punishing the former leadership of the Ministry of National
Security, who were informed 4 years ago about the recently-seized criminal
group but took no steps to eliminate it, President Aliyev said that
everything will be clarified after investigation into the case is over.