KHAZAR IBRAHIM: "MATTHEW BRYZA REFUTES WHAT HE SAID A DAY BEFORE"

Azeri Press Agency
Aug 4 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Tamara Grigoryeva – APA. "If you pay attention to Matthew Bryza’s
statements, you will see that he either refutes them the next day,
or expresses quite different views. That’s why I do not want to
comment on Bryza’s recent statement", Spokesman fro Azerbaijan’s
Foreign Ministry Khazar Ibrahim said while taking a stance on the
statement of OSCE Minsk American Co-Chair Matthew Bryza in Moscow, APA
reports. Khazar Ibrahim lined up the issues on the table as follows:
the conflict will be solved stage-by-stage, units of Armenian army will
be withdrawn from Azerbaijani territories, all internally displaced
people (IDP) of Azerbaijan will return to their native lands and
Nagorno Karabkh’s status will be determined within the framework of
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity only after the communities have
normal relations. The diplomat said the importance of the negotiations
was that the process continued, but any progress was out of discussion.

"If there was any improvement, we could speak about new situation",
he said.

Matthew Bryza said in Moscow that the negotiations between Armenia and
Azerbaijan covered liberation of the regions around Nagorno Karabakh,
deployment of peacekeeping forces in the region and referendum
concerning Nagorno Karabakh’s status.