Interfax, Russia
April 10 2009
Azerbaijan wants peaceful resolution of Karabakh problem – Armenian
president
YEREVAN April 10
Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev does not want war and supports a peaceful
resolution of the conflict around the self-proclaimed
Nagorno-Karabakh, said Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
"I am certain that the Azeri president wishes the conflict to be
resolved and does not want a war," the Armenian president told a press
conference on Friday.
"We will continue talks. Both President Aliyev and myself have agreed
with the co-chairman of the OSCE [Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe] Minsk Group, who suggested that we hold yet
another meeting. Looking at this conflict with Aliyev’s eyes, I can
see that it can be resolved," Sargsian said.
The members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
did not discuss whether the organization’s collective rapid reaction
forces (CRRF) should be part of the Karabakh settlement process, he
added.
"The question of whether the CSTO CRRF should participate in the
Karabakh conflict resolution was not discussed and, hopefully, will
not be raised," Sargsyan said
"One thing is obvious: any major operation in Nagorno-Karabakh will be
seen as the use of force or the aggression against Armenia, which
means this is where the relevant provision of the CSTO agreement,
whereby the aggression against one member state is regarded as the
aggression against all its members, will apply," the Armenian
president said.
Baku should not show its concerns over the creation of collective
rapid reaction forces, he said.
From: Baghdasarian