AZERBAIJANI FM: ARMENIA CAN NOT POSSIBLY JOIN REGIONAL PROJECTS UNLESS IT WITHDRAWS FROM AZERBAIJANI LANDS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 19 2007

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made speech at the
meeting of the foreign ministers of Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Organization in Belgrade, Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman for Foreign
Ministry told the APA.

He said minister Mammadyarov touched upon different issues and
commented on the development of the organization and new regional
projects.

Touching upon the regional cooperation, Azerbaijani minister stressed
the importance of this issue and said Azerbaijan is interested in
this cooperation. Elmar Mammadyarov stated Armenia can not possibly
participate in regional projects and Azerbaijani will not cooperate
with this country unless Armenia withdraws its troops from Azerbaijani
territories and Azerbaijani IDPs returning to their native lands
is ensured.

Elmar Mammadyarov had bilateral meetings in the framework of the
visit. He had negotiations with Foreign Ministers of Greece and
Romania, US representative, his Russian and Turkish counterparts
Sergey Lavrov and Abdulla Gul.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress