AZERBAIJANI FM: MINISTER WILL DISCUSS OSCE STATEMENTS IN YEREVAN

Trend
March 15 2010
Azerbaijan

At the earliest opportunity, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will discuss with OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairman Bernard Fassier (France) statements that he made in Yerevan
after which Azerbaijan will determine its position on the question,
ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said.

"At the first opportunity, the minister will speak to Fassier about
his recent statements," Polukhov told journalists.

Azerbaijan cannot win in the case of a war in Nagorno-Karabakh,
Fassier said in Yerevan Friday.

"Azerbaijan’s victory in the case of a renewed war is impossible
because I personally know about the bravery of the Armenian and
Karabakh warriors," he said at the "Rose-Roth" NATO Parliamentary
Assembly workshop, Novosti-Armenia reported.

Fassier believes that the war will not bring benefit to Azerbaijan,
as it will cause substantial harm to its financial interests and oil
trade. The co-chair explained that international investors investing
in the Azerbaijani economy will not want to have their funds at risk
and will refuse to invest.