BAKU NEVER OBJECTED STEPANAKERT’S PARTICIPATION IN TALKS?

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.11.2007 15:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Azerbaijan has never had negative attitude about
participation of the Armenian community on Karabakh in talks. We do
not say we don’t recognize citizens who rebelled against Azerbaijan,
event if these citizens are Armenians involved in separatism and
terror. We say let them join the talks but Armenia is an occupant and
should be recognized as such," said Zahid Orudj, member of the Azeri
delegation to PACE, after the Berlin conference on frozen conflicts.

The status of the Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh was determined
by the OSCE MG mandate 1992.

"According to the mandate, Azerbaijan and Armenia are conflicting sides
while the Azeri and Armenian communities are interested sides. Talks
in this format are possible. However, representation of Karabakhi
Armenians as a party to conflict is inadmissible," he said, Trend
reports