BAKU ACCUSES MG OF "VIOLATING KEY MEDIATION PRINCIPLE"

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.03.2008 17:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Baku will take all chances for peaceful settlement
of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Polad Bul-Buloglu, the Azerbaijani
Ambassador to the Russian Federation, stated in an interview with
Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

"The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev noted in his statements that
stakes were made on force for recent.

Force will be decisive fact in solution of most disputable issues. I
would like to note that Azerbaijan will use chances to settle the
conflict peacefully. We do not want bloodshed from the both sides,"
he said.

Touching upon the vote on the Azerbaijani resolution in the UN General
Assembly, Bul-Buloglu said, "Voting against the resolution, the
Co-chairs created a very complex situation. I cannot imagine how they
visit Azerbaijan again. The key principle of intermediation, neutrality
was violated. How could such representatives act as mediators?"

Commenting on the Karabakh negotiations, Ambassador said that
he supported attraction of East European countries to the
process. According to Bul-Buloglu, there is need to active the
potential of other members of OSCE Minsk Group. "We cannot dispense
without Russia in the region and United States as well. I believe
that the point is to draw fresh players. Why we should not draw
Eastern European countries, like Romania and Poland?" he stated,
Trend Azeri news agency reports.