AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY: DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPERS NOT STANDS ON AGENDA NOW

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Aug 27 2009
Azerbaijan

"Today Armenia and Azerbaijan discuss general principles for a
settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said
commenting on media reports about possible deployment of peacekeepers
in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan which will provide security
for returnee population in the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding
occupied areas in case of agreement between the sides.

"Issue of peacekeepers’ deployment is not on the agenda at the
moment. Today the parties are discussing the general principles for
a settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
he said.

‘The issue of deployment of peacekeepers in the conflict zone is
one of the items within the overall process of implementation of the
agreements reached. Deployment of peacekeepers is a multi-component
question which may consist of many different parts," Polukhov said.

"This issue includes participating countries who will send their
representatives, types of forces to be deployed, their armament,
mandate and location. That is, this is whole complex of issues that may
be subject to regular discussions between the parties, but only after
a general agreement to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict," Polukhov said.