Azeri minister says Karabakh mediators should be active in peace talks
Ekspress, Baku
10 Nov 04
Text of Xazar Altay’s report by Azerbaijani newspaper Ekspress on 10
November headlined “Elmar Mammadyarov: ‘We are expecting a final say
from the Minsk Group co-chairs ‘”
“Baku is expecting a final say from the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in
the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement. If the mediating countries [Russian,
France and the USA] do not want to miss an opportunity of maintaining
peace in the region, they should liven up their participation in
this process,” Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told
Ekspress yesterday [9 November].
Commenting on the current situation in the [settlement] process,
the minister said that the co-chairs should correctly access the
situation and be more active in the talks.
Mammadyarov touched on Azerbaijan’s position and said that the issue
of territorial integrity should be respected in any case. He, however,
thinks that “the issues like the right to self-determination” may be
discussed in the future.
“The main thing is that there is a subject for the dialogue. The
settlement of the conflict is possible, if the sides want this. The
co-chairs should achieve that Armenia wishes this.”
