Interfax, Russia
March 11 2010
BAKU UNAWARE OF RESULTS OF FRENCH-ARMENIAN SUMMIT
Paris has not yet informed Baku of the results of negotiations between
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
"As far as I know, the French president reaffirmed his full support
for the updated Madrid Principles at a meeting between Sargsyan and
Sarkozy. Let’s see what news comes from the Armenian side,"
Mammadyarov told journalists in Baku on Thursday.
No meetings are planned in the near future between the Azeri and
Armenian presidents, he said.
"Azerbaijan has announced already that he accepts the updated Madrid
Principles. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will invite the Azeri and
Armenian foreign ministers to Paris to discuss the updated principles.
It will be clear after that in what direction we will continue working
with the co-chairs," he said.
"We believe that the updated version of the Madrid Principles will
provide the opportunity to begin discussing a comprehensive agreement.
In my view, it is Armenia that should accept it first, but Armenia is
saying that it has some aspects that they cannot accept. Work on this
is under way now," Mammadyarov said, declining to specify what aspects
he mentioned.