ELKHAN POLUKHOV: "ARMENIA CAN ELIMINATE THE THREAT OF MILITARY PHASE OF THE CONFLICT BY THE WITHDRAWAL OF ITS OCCUPYING FORCES FROM THE TERRITORIES OF AZERBAIJAN"

APA
March 23 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku. Lachin Sultanova – APA. "The statements by some Armenian
political leaders in this stage of the negotiations caused feelings
of surprise and regret", Elkhan Polukhov, the press secretary of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan told APA.

He said Azerbaijan always declared its position clearly.

"Unfortunately when the Armenian president called on Azerbaijan
to reach an agreement about non-use of force he didn’t add other
principle of renewed Madrid proposals to that. The Armenian president
didn’t complete the sentence in his speech. Indeed the principles of
respect for territorial integrity and non-use of force were included
in the new version of Madrid proposals".

Polukhov said Azerbaijan made statement on all principles of the
new version of Madrid proposals. "It depends just on Armenia not
to reiterate the military rhetoric. For that the Armenian occupying
forces must be univocally withdrawn from the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan. By this step, Armenia can eliminate the threat and.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress