BAKU DISPLEASED WITH OSCE MG BUT DOESN’T INTEND TO CHANGE FORMAT OF KARABAKH TALKS
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.10.2008 12:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Replacement of the OSCE Minsk Group members or
Co-chairs is not on the agenda, an Azeri official said.
"The OSCE Minsk Group is legally dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement process," said Novruz Mammadov, Head of Foreign
Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani President’s Office told APA.
"Nevertheless, Azerbaijan hails any initiative from the countries
interested in resolution of the conflict," he said.
Commenting on a statement by OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair Matthew
Bryza that the relations within the Minsk Group will tense after the
Georgian hostilities, Novruz Mammadov described the presumption as
inconsistent. "Each of the Co-chairs presented his own interpretation
of the situation, what is incorrect," he said adding that the Minsk
Group is established by the OSCE and change of its format is not on
the agenda.
"Although Azerbaijan is displeased with the activities of the MG but
we support them patiently as yet," Mammadov said, the Azeri Press
Agency reports.