TALKS BETWEEN AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH MUST BE HELD AT NEUTRAL TERRITORY: FARHAD BADALBEYLI

Trend
Oct 6 2009
Azerbaijan

The talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of
Nagorno-Karabakh must be held at a neutral territory, representative
of Azerbaijani intelligentsia, rector of Academy of Music, Farhad
Badalbeyli, said.

"We think that the talks between communities must be held at a neutral
territory but not Nagorno-Karabakh. Georgia is the best place for it,"
Badalbeyli told media on October 6.

Today U.S, French and Russian co-chairmen of OSCE Minsk Group met
with head of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh Bayram Safarov
within the visit to Baku.

Representatives of Armenian and Azerbaijani intelligentsia visited
Khankendi, Yerevan and Baku on June 28, 2007 upon the initiative
of Azerbaijani and Armenian ambassadors to the Russian Federation –
Polad Bulbuloglu and Armen Smbatyan.Azerbaijani delegation included
Polad Bulbuloglu, Farhad Badalbeyli, Kamal Abdulla, Azer Pasha Nematov
and Ilham Fataliyev.

Azerbaijani intelligentsia’s second visit to Nagorno-Karabakh was
held in summer 2009.

"Before co-chairmen were not interested whether we want to return to
our lands. Now we are pleased that this issue was raised at last. We
would like to live at our lands but we need guarantees of security,"
native of Shusha Farhad Badalbeyli said.

"We were glad to meet with Azerbaijani community of
Nagorno-Karabakh. It is very important that they expressed readiness
to live together with Armenian community," French co-chairman Bernard
Fassier said after the meeting with representatives of Azerbaijani
community.