AZERBAIJANI TOP OFFICIAL EXPRESSES ITS POSITION ON RESULTS OF AZERBAIJANI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS’ SOCHI MEETING
S.Agayeva

Trend
Aug 10, 2011
Azerbaijan

The approximation in the parties’ positions on some issues in
accordance with the basic Madrid principles has become possible
at the meetings and negotiations held recently upon the President
Dmitry Medvedev’s initiative and participation, Head of the Foreign
Relations Department at the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration
Novruz Mammadov told Trend on Wednesday.

“Exchanging views on various regional and international issues, the
heads of states discussed the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement and the negotiation process in this regard. The
presidents’ position can be expressed as follows: the approximation
in the parties’ positions on some issues in accordance with the basic
Madrid principles has become possible at the meetings and negotiations
held recently upon the President Dmitry Medvedev’s initiative and
participation. Therefore, it is necessary to further continue the
negotiations,” Mammadov said, commenting on the results of Sochi
meeting of Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Dmitry Medvedev
of Russia on Tuesday.

As known, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a working visit to
Sochi city upon the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s invitation
on Aug.9.

Mammadov said President Aliyev once again presented Azerbaijan’s
position on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement to President Dmitry Medvedev’s attention.

“At the end of the meeting, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
thanked the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for the invitation
to make a working visit, special attitude and attention during the
visit, as well as for very effective exchange of views. At the same
time, President Aliyev said after the negotiations that as it was in
the Kazan meeting, the Armenian government repeatedly demonstrates
insincerity, shifting the failure of negotiations to Azerbaijan,
using the opportunities of circles and Diaspora close to the Armenian
leadership,” he said.

Mammadov said during the visit, the Presidents appreciated the
bilateral relations and cooperation established between the Azerbaijani
Republic and Russian Federation and expressed their determination to
continue efforts in this regard.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.

Novruz Mammadov’s statement can be followed on his page
on Twitter social network.