ELMAR MAMMADYAROV: "THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARMENIA HAVE NOT PRODUCED ANY RESULTS YET"
APA
June 2 2009
Azerbaijan
Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev – APA. "We hope Armenia will demonstrate
constructive position at St. Petersburg meeting of the presidents,"
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists, APA reports.
The Minister mentioned that there were some expectations from the
Zurich meeting in January and Prague meeting in May, and advised not
to hurry.
"The results can be analyzed after the St. Petersburg
meeting. Unfortunately, no improvement was made at the meeting in
Prague. It is another matter why it did not happen, but we want to
achieve improvement soon," he said.
Elmar Mammadyarov said signing of any document at the meeting in
St. Petersburg was not discussed.
"If any agreement is reached during the discussions, there may be
an opportunity to work on the document. But it is impossible to say
whether it will be or not beforehand," he said.
To the question "What can you say about the proposal on your addressing
the parliament concerning the negotiations on the settlement of
Nagorno Karabakh conflict?" the minister said he will brief with
great pleasure not only in closed meeting, but even openly, if there
is improvement in the negotiations.
"The negotiations have not produced any results yet. The negotiations
are held in closed conditions because of some delicate issues. There
are such delicate issues that agreement may be reached, if discussions
are closed," he said.
The Minister said the negotiations were held stage-by-stage. First
of all Armenian troops should leave the occupied territories, the
areas should be cleared of mines, roads should be restored, IDPs
should return to their native lands, all communication lines should
be opened, the status of Nagorno Karabakh should be determined after
normal condition is established there. Elmar Mammadyarov said the
working group would solve the way of determining the status.