DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS U. S. SHOULD KEEP POSITION UNCHANGED IN ACKNOWLEDGING NAGORNO-KARABAKH AN INTEGRAL PART OF AZERBAIJAN

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
April 24 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku/ Trend , corr. P. Amirdjanov/ Araz Azimov, the
deputy Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister, has said that Azerbaijan
does not insist on U. S. changing their principles and position by
demonstrating its softness, we just want that America should keep
its position unchanged and carry out corresponding activities in
this direction in accordance the U. S. respectful attitude toward
the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

According to Mr. Azimov, those expresions, which were in the report
preparad by the U. S. State Department are so far from the experience
and reality and "tell about unnknown spots". Therefore, all the visists
of Azerbaijani officials to this country have been postponed to an
uncertain period. The dialogue between Azerbaijan and U. S. on this
topic will be resumed in the near future.

Expressing his atitude toward the last statements made by the OSCE
Minsk Co-Chairmen, the Deputy of the Foreign Minister noted that they
should put forward new ideas and proposals to the region. "If Armenia
"demonstrates" its constructiveness again, then it is too early to
speak about peace in the region," concluded Mr. Azimov.