Turkish Press
Nov 21 2009
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to meet on November 22
Published: 11/21/2009
The Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia has strained ties
between the two countries.
At the invitation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries,
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Serzh Sargsyan of
Armenia will meet for the sixth time this year on November 22 at the
Consulate General of France in Munich, Germany.
Ahead of the meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said the
final stage of the Karabakh problem has arrived, and if his meeting
with the Armenian President ends without result, then their hopes in
negotiations will be exhausted.
Aliyev said, `We are going to the meeting in Munich with our own
programme to present and this meeting should play a role in the
solution process. Since we have met several times without reaching a
concrete result, if this time the talks fail again then all our hopes
for a lasting peace will fade. He added, `When our hope for peace is
perished, we will have no place to go, we have to be ready for such a
result.’
Azerbaijani President also noted that they invest money on buying new
weapons, strengthening their army.
Underlining that the international community recognizes Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity, Aliyev also said, `We want to solve this
problem through merely peaceful means, not through war. But, If
Armenia does not quit its claims then this will not be the wisest
behavior.
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