MAMMADYAROV: BAKU ALWAYS EXPECTS PROGRESS IN KARABAKH PROCESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.04.2008 14:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Strasbourg May 6 meeting with Armenia’s new
Foreign Minister will be apparently a familiarization, the Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister said.

"Firstly familiarization envisages studying the reaction of the
new Armenian leadership to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
process. Of course, we believe Armenia will take more a constructive
stand and the understanding that the settlement should base on
principles of the international law will prevail," Elmar Mammadyarov
said.

As about a possibility of breakthrough in the talks, the Azeri FM
said, "We always expect progress because this conflict exists and
continues. It will not settle by itself, we should endeavor for
its resolution."

"During the recent months, the understanding that the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict should be settled within territorial integrity, sovereignty
and inviolability of borders has acquired new approvals. Particularly,
they are specified in the Resolution of the UN General Assembly
and closing declaration of the NATO Summit in Bucharest as well
as statements of the Minsk Group member and co-chair countries,"
Mammadyarov said, Trend Azeri new agency reports.