BAKU: Azerbaijan may negotiate after Armenia withdraws from lands

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 14 2008

Novruz Mammadov: Azerbaijan may negotiate with its Armenian community
after Armenia withdraws from the occupied lands

[ 14 Jun 2008 15:14 ]

Baku. Elnur Mammadli-APA. `The involvement of Armenian community of
Nagorno Karabakh in the negotiations is possible only after a document
is signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

After that, it is possible to start negotiations on the condition of
the Armenian community, the return of internally displaced persons
(IDP and rehabilitation work,’ said Novruz Mammadov, head of the
international relations department of the President’s Executive Office
of Azerbaijan.

He noted that Azeri lands were occupied by Armenian Armed Forces and
Nagorno Karabakh’s Armenians didn’t have such strength.

`Armenia should withdraw from the occupied lands and shouldn’t
interfere in Azerbaijan’s interior affairs. After that, Azerbaijan may
conduct certain negotiations with Armenian community in its
territory,’ he underlined.