ANS TV, Azerbaijan
Oct 17 2009
Azeri minister accuses Armenia of stalling Karabakh talks
We cannot describe as constructive the latest meeting between the
Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in Chisinau, Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has told Trend [news agency]. He said that
the latest meeting between the presidents provided no ground for
optimism since the Armenian side had all of a sudden started
discussing issues that had been agreed two or three years ago.
Elmar Mammadyarov believes that this step by the Armenian side is
connected with the latest developments in the region, namely the
Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. The Armenian side probably thinks that
if they are involved in a process in this direction, then other
processes have to be frozen, Elmar Mammadyarov said. The OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairmen are scheduled to visit the region end of October –
early November, he said. The co-chairman have to realize what they did
in Chisinau and think of how they can support the observed positive
dynamics. More importantly, they should find the right arguments to
convince Armenia not to raise issues that have already been agreed.
Otherwise, this will become an endless process, the foreign minister
said.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham
Aliyev, met in Chisinau on 9 October. It was the seventh meeting
between the presidents to discuss a settlement to the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict.