ARMENIAN, AZERI PRESIDENTS IN TALKS ON KARABAKH

Interfax
Nov 23 2009
Russia

Armenian and Azeri presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev have
begun talks on Karabakh in Munich in a sixth round this year, a source
close to the talks told Interfax.

If the Munich talks yield no results a war could restart in the
region. Aliyev said on Friday.

"If no results are achieved at this meeting, the hopes we pin on
the talks will be exhausted, and no other way will remain for us. We
must be prepared for this [the liberation of Azeri territories using
military force]," Aliyev said while visiting Azerbaijan’s Geranboi
district on Friday

The previous rounds were a failure due to the Armenian side’s
unconstructive position, he said, adding that the Munich meeting
would be decisive.

Yerevan described this statement as a challenge to Armenia and Nagorny
Karabakh, and to the world community as a whole.

The current round of talks is being held at the residence of the
French consul general in Munich, attended by the co-chairmen of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Minsk Group
brokering the talks, earlier reports said, citing the French Foreign
Ministry.

"The American, Russian and French mediators hope that progress will
be made in the talks on the basis of the 2007 Madrid proposals,"
the French Foreign Ministry said.