BAKU CONTINUES DISCLOSING DETAILS OF WARSAW MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS

YEREVAN, MAY 21. ARMINFO. The importance of the Warsaw meeting of
the Armenian and Azeri presidents was in its direct relation to the
Karabakh peace process, the Trend news agency reports Azeri Deputy
FM Araz Azimov as saying.

The presidents discussed 7-9 elements concerning the withdrawal
of Armenian troops from “occupied” territories, the return of the
territories, security guarantees, the creation of conditions for the
return of refugees, the clearing and recovery of mined areas. They
also agreed that more delicate political issues can be settled at
later stages.

“We consider that there is clarity on all these directions and
this can be regarded as progress,” says Azimov. He says that the
withdrawal of troops from the NKR controlled territories is the gist
of Azerbaijan’s position. There are also problems of the return of
Azeris to the territories, their co-existence with Armenians and the
resolution of some possible political issues.

Azimov says that all communications including the railroad running
via the NKR controlled territories to Megri (Armenia) and Nakhichevan
must be restored. This meets the interests of not only Armenia and
Azerbaijan but also Russia, Georgia, Turkey and Iran. This road is
part of the regional network – so it must be restored in the framework
of the Karabakh peace process.

Azimov says that the OSCE MG co-chairs are to come to the region
before the meeting of the Azeri and Armenians FMs.-