OFFICIAL BAKU "SURPRISED" AT OSKANIAN STATEMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.09.2006 13:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Statements of Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian regarding
the terms of Yerevan’s further participation in the Nagorno Karabakh
peace talks cause at least "surprise of official Baku," stated Head of
the Information Department of the Azeri MFA Tahir Tagizadeh. "There
is an impression as if the Armenian FM has completely forgotten that
Armenia has assumed commitments over settlement of the conflict to a
number of international organizations, including the UN, OSCE and CE,"
Tagizadeh said.

"If Oskanian considers possible making statements like that,
stipulating that Armenia’s further participation in the talks with
additional moments, then Azerbaijan has sovereign right to raise
the issue of Armenia failing to meet its commitments before any
international organizations," the Azeri diplomat said.

We note that the Armenian FM stated Monday that the opportunity to
hold the recurrent round of talks between Armenian and Azeri FMs
depends on the position of the Azeri party in the discussion of the
Karabakh conflict in the UN, reports Interfax-Azerbaijan.