AZERBAIJAN REFUSES TO HOLD TALKS WITH KARABAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.05.2008 16:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan refuses to hold talks with the Armenian
community of Nagorno Karabakh, said a spokesman for the Azeri Foreign
Ministry.
"Karabakh is not functioning in accord with the Azerbaijani
legislation. This territory and other surrounding lands are occupied
by Armenia, which was involved in all illegal actions against
Azerbaijan. As result, some people in Nagorno Karabakh call themselves
official representatives of a legal formation," Khazar Ibrahim said,
adding that "talks with the Armenian community are possible only if
Armenians abandon Azeri lands and conditions for peaceful coexistence
of both Azeri and Armenian communities are created," Trend Azeri news
agency reports.
Earlier, NKR President Bako Sahakian said that Nagorno Karabakh should
hold talks immediately with Azerbaijan. "Nagorno Karabakh Republic is
the main party to conflict and it has priorities like other foreign
states," he said.