Azerbaijan Considers Karabakh Armenians "Its Citizens"

Azerbaijan Considers Karabakh Armenians "Its Citizens"

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.11.2006 17:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Azerbaijan considers the Armenians of Nagorno
Karabakh to be its citizens and the government of the republic is
interested in the further development of this region, which is
an inseparable part of the state," Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov said at a meeting with Italy’s Permanent Representative
in the OSCE Francesco Bascone. The Azeri FM underscored that the
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is possible ‘only within
the frames of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity with granting the
highest status of self-government to the Armenian population.’
Mammadyarov noted the importance ‘peaceful co-existence of the
Armenian and Azeri communities of Nagorno Karabakh.’ For his part
Mr Bascone said the conflicting sides should reach agreement on the
basic settlement principles and stressed the importance of essential
measures during the post-conflict period for creation of mutual trust
between the sides, reports Day.az