BAKU: CAUCASUS PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION IMPOSSIBLE, WITH KARABAKH CONFLICT UNRESOLVED

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.01.2009 12:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Implementation of the Caucasus Stability and
Cooperation Platform is impossible, with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
unresolved, a senior Azeri official said.

"Nevertheless, Baku supports the idea and considers the ongoing
discussions necessary. The interest of the five countries expected to
build the platform is important for its implementation," Araz Azimov,
the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister told a conference in Istanbul,
AzerTac news agency reports.

Turkish Prime Minsiter Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered formation of a
Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform after the hostilities
in South Ossetia in August 2008. The initiative is supposed to unite
Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia.