AZG Armenian Daily #145, 18/08/2005

Karabakh issue

ELMAR MAMEDIAROV: WE HAVEN’T REACHED AGREEMENT OVER 7-9 ELEMENTS YET

Elmar Mamediarov, foreign minister of Azerbaijan, stated that if
Yerevan and Baku “come to agreement at a level of foreign ministries,
the presidents will be able to give instructions on beginning the
work based on the received information.”

Mediamax informed that Mamediarov said, “at present, we do not work
on creating any particular document” and “the sides haven’t reached
the stage of elaborating the agreement.” Commenting on the coming
meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers slated next week
in Moscow, Elmar Mamediarov said that “the sides will try to elaborate
certain details to shape unanimous position on strategic issues.”

Mamediarov said that Azerbaijan and Armenia haven’t reached agreement
over 7-9 elements. “The details are not published. It’s too early to
speak of the essence of the given details, as the negotiation process
is still on,” he said, adding at the same time, that the people who
are somehow aware of the conflict settlement, will understand what
elements are meant.