AZERBAIJAN HOPES SITUATION IN ARMENIA WILL HAVE NO NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE TALKS, KHAZAR IBRAHIM

AzerTag
March 3 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan would not like recent events in Armenia to have negative
influence on the two countries` peace talks over Nagorno-Karabakh,
said an Azerbaijani foreign ministry spokesman.

Khazar Ibrahim said "Azerbaijan had always been against interfering in
the domestic affairs of other countries, and from this point of view,
events in Armenia are its domestic affairs".

The spokesman said, however, Armenia occupied twenty percent of
Azerbaijan`s territory.

"Azerbaijan has always been committed to international legal norms,
and never used foreign countries` problems for its own interests",
Ibrahim added.

Commenting on Armenian President Robert Kocharian`s statement that
the talks were frozen till this autumn, Khazar Ibrahim said "the
negotiations must go on. There must be no pretexts. Armenia must take
a constructive stance for the peace process be a success".

The foreign ministry`s spokesman said during their Baku visit, OSCE
Minsk Group`s co-chairs expressed their interest in the continuation
of the talks.