Interfax
Dec 14 2004
Azerbaijan, Armenia planning more talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
Baku. (Interfax-Azerbaijan) – The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and
Armenia have decided to hold more talks to seek a settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said on
Saturday.
“The next meeting in Prague is planned for January next year,”
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told a briefing in
comments on recent meetings between the two countries’ foreign
ministers during a forum in Sofia of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe and a session in Brussels of the
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.
“It is too early to speak of any results, but it is gratifying that
the process is continuing with attention from the international
public,” Azimov said.
“The negotiations show that the Armenian side is demonstrating an
increasing interest in the solution of the conflict,” he said.
“The Azerbaijani principle remains unchanged: all occupied lands must
be liberated,” Azimov said.
Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and several surrounding
districts in a bloody conflict with Armenia in the 1990s.