JOINT VISITS OF ARMENIAN AND AZERI INTELLECTUALS NOT RULED OUT

ArmRadio – Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 2 2007

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russian Polad Bulbuloglu considers that the
joint visit of Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectuals to Stepanakert,
Baku and Yerevan pursued no political purpose.

"After a long pause an attempt has been made to create an atmosphere
of dialogue between the Azeri and Armenian communities of Nagorno
Karabakh. I want to mention that the leading political forces of
the world assessed the visit as positive. I think the intellectuals’
meetings with the Presidents of the two countries, Robert Kocharyan
and Ilham Aliyev, gave greater importance to the visit and created
opportunities to enlarge the peaceful dialogue. In this context I do
not rule out the opportunity of continuing the meetings in the same
format," Polad Bulbuloglu declared.

The Ambassador added that the process of peaceful settlement of the
Karabakh conflict proceeds in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group
based on norms and principles of international law. The ambassador
added that although no essential results have been achieved, the
Azerbaijani side remains committed to the peace talks and continues
taking constructive efforts for the rapid resolution of the issue
in the framework of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, AzerTag
reports.
From: Baghdasarian