Regnum News Agency, Russia
May 29 2008

Baku’s position on Nagorno Karabakh remains unchanged

Azerbaijan’s principal position is to restore control over the
situation in Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov said talking to reporters. According to him, from the
Azerbaijani’s side a compromise is possible, if the communities living
in Nagorno Karabakh are granted self-government status.

`The compromise Azerbaijani is ready for is significant. In this
connection, we expect reciprocal compromises from the other side. In
this respect, Armenia must give up its position envisaging alienation
of Nagorno Karabakh from Azerbaijan,’ Azimov is quoted as saying by
Azeri agencies. According to Azimov, only in this case the country can
come to a common solution. At the same time, the deputy foreign
minister said that Armenia’s position was unacceptable from the point
of view of the international law and no country in the world has
supported its position on Nagorno Karabakh until now. `Acknowledgement
of this in Yerevan will have great significance,’ he concluded.