ELMAR MAMMADYAROV: PUTTING FORWARD KARABAKH’S STATUS AS MAIN ISSUE ARMENIA WOULD REJECT THREE-YEAR NEGOTIATIONS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 8 2007
"If Armenia puts forward the status of Nagorno Karabakh as the main
issue to be solved, it shows Armenia’s non-constructive position.
Putting forward the status of Nagorno Karabakh means rejecting the
results of the three-year negotiations," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists, APA reports.
Elmar Mammadyarov rejected the statements by Armenian media that
the central issue of discussions at the Presidents’ [Azerbaijani
and Armenian] meeting in St Petersburg will be the status of Nagorno
Karabakh and said that this approach contradicts basic principles on
the settlement of the conflict.
"The main themes of discussions are withdrawal of troops from the
occupied Azerbaijani territories, deploying peacekeeping forces,
restoration of contacts and returning of IDPs to their motherland,"
he said.