MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WARN AZERBAIJAN AGAINST BELLIGERENT RHETORIC
Yerkir
23.11.2009 12:18
Yerevan (Yerkir) – Following the meeting with Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan in Munich on November 22, OSCE’s Minsk Grup co-chairs urged
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to abstain from making bellicose
statements.
"While speaking to reporters upon completion of the meeting, the
co-chairs have called on President Ilham Aliyev to abstain from
bellicose statements, a source close to the negotiation process in
Munich told Interfax Sunday.
Aliyev had raised the stakes before the talks, warning that the
meeting would be "decisive" and that his army was ready to take back
the region by force.
"Azerbaijan is spending billions on buying new weapons, hardware,
strengthening its position on the line of contact," Aliyev said in
comments broadcast on Saturday. "We have the full right to liberate
our land by military means."
Fassier, in response, said: "Our governments are of the opinion that
war is not an option."