BAKU WANTS MOSCOW TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN SETTLING KARABAKH CONFLICT – DIPLOMAT

Interfax
March 23 2009
Russia

By arming Armenia Russia is destabilizing the situation in the region,
Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov said.

"By arming Armenia Russia is gaining the reputation of an
aggressor-state, and it is destabilizing the region," Khalafov said
on the Azeri ATV television channel commenting on reports that Russia
has transferred $800 million in armaments to Armenia.

"We expect Russia, as a member of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe’s Minsk Group, and a reliable partner in the
Karabakh settlement, to step up efforts in this direction," he said.

"We also expect the Minsk Group and its co-chairmen to make more
intensive steps on the tracks leading to a peaceful settlement of
the conflict," the Azeri diplomat said.