OFFICIAL BAKU NAMES WHOSE PEACEKEEPING TROOPS, IT SEEKS TO SEE IN KARABAKH

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.08.2009 12:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Azerbaijan’s position remains the same: the
Armenians should release territories around Karabakh, and displaced
persons return home. After that transitional period Lachin and Kelbajar
territories should be released and a corridor should be formed at the
same time between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia. These processes must
be accompanied by mine cleaning. All this can take from 5 to 10 years,
" Novruz Mammadov , head of the International Relations department
of the President’s administration of Azerbaijan, said in an interview
with Turan.

"Next, displaced persons should return directly to Nagorno Karabakh and
peacekeeping forces should be deployed. After return of 60 thousand
Azerbaijanis there and restoring a situation of 1991, the legal
status of Nagorno Karabakh can be worked out. All this can take up
to 10 years," he said.

Novruz Mammadov stressed that the status of Nagorno Karabakh should be
developed exclusively within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Without going into details of the updated Madrid principles, Mammadov
said that they relate to elaboration of Nagorno Karabakh’s status,
that is, when and who will determine it and how the decision to
be made. "There are issues relating to peacekeeping forces, their
composition and time of deployment, there are certain issues related
to the corridor."

"Azerbaijan’s position is that peacekeeping troops should not have
the military from neighboring states. In our view, it would be better
if the peacekeeping mission would be organized by representatives of
the military forces of European States and the U. S.," Mammadov said.

"With regard to location of peacekeeping forces, the best would be
the deployment of peacekeepers in the line of contact between the
military forces of the European states the surrounding areas," he said.

"With regard to the status of Nagorno Karabakh, it should be determined
in line with Azerbaijani Constitution. The issue of Nagorno Karabakh
status will be determined at the last stage, and debates continue
yet. Therefore, we cannot say nothing particular yet," Novruz
Mammadov said.