YEREVAN WAITING FOR BAKU COMMENTS ON RENEWED MADRID PRINCIPLES

Interfax
Feb 16 2010
Russia

Armenia expects Azerbaijan to make proposals on the renewed Madrid
principles on a settlement deal concerning Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in Yerevan on Tuesday.

"Discussions will continue after Azerbaijan submits its proposals
and remarks," Nalbandian said at a joint press conference
with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s
Chairman-in-Office and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.

Baku has been refusing to recognize these principles, denying them
for a long time, he said.

"Now either side is to submit comments on the proposals made by the
OSCE’s Minsk Group. We will examine Azerbaijan’s proposals when Baku
submits them," Nalbandian said.

Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov earlier said that Azerbaijan
would not accept the renewed edition of the Madrid principles,
presented to Armenia and Azerbaijan by the Minsk Group co- chairmen.