ELMAR MAMEDYAROV: "IF AN AGREEMENT ON BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NAGORNO-GARABAGH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT IS ACHIEVED, TIT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC"
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Feb 5 2008
Azerbaijan
We hope that elections of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will
not affect the process of negotiations over Nagorno-Garabagh conflict.
The due statement was made by Dimitrij Rupel, Foreign Minister of
Slovenia, currently chairing the European Union, during a press
conference in Baku.
"We would be happy if the sides come to an agreement. We are against
war. It is clear that elections in both countries will not protract
the negotiation process", he said.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External and
European Neighborhood Policy, announced, in turn, that the European
Union supports the negotiation process.
"The countries should understand that the soonest resolution of the
conflict will promote their rapid development", she noted.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov noted that the agreement
on basic principles will help initiate preparation of a large scale
peaceful agreement.
"If an agreement on basic principles of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict
settlement is achieved, it will be made publc", E.Mamedyarov said.