OFFICIAL BAKU READY TO PROVIDE AUTONOMY TO NAGORNO KARABAKH WITHIN AZERBAIJAN
armradio.am
13.12.2007 17:40
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists today that
"official Baku is ready to provide autonomy to Nagorno Karabakh within
the Republic of Azerbaijan."
"We see no problem with providing autonomy to Nagorno Karabakh. WE have
declared many times that if the Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh
wishes to get autonomy, there are many examples in European countries
and Russia, where representatives of different peoples live," he said,
pointing to the Tatar and Bashkir Autonomies in the Russian Federation.
"However, it does not mean that the territorial integrity of the
Republic of Azerbaijan must not be maintained an dteh occupies
Azerbaijani territories must not be liberated," Mammadyarov said.
The Minister said official Baku views the recent suggestions of the
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs as normal. At the same time, Mammadyarov
noted that these suggestions "do not provide the basis for the
recurrent meeting of the Presidents."
The Foreign Minister said Azerbaijan stands for the continuation of
the Prague process.