Armenia denies Yerevan to hand seven Karabakh districts over to Baku

Mediamax news agency
18 May 05

Yerevan, 18 May: The press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry,
Gamlet Gasparyan, today denied the statement by Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov that Armenia is ready to return seven
districts that are under Armenian control.

Gasparyan described Mammadyarov’s statement as “wide of the mark”,
the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Mediamax new
agency today.

At the same time, the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry
said that the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents
in Warsaw [on 15 May] has created an opportunity for continuing
negotiations between the sides within the framework of the Prague
process.

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