BAKU ‘NOT READY FOR WAR’, ARMENIAN OFFICIAL SAYS
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 14 2006
Baku, March 13, AssA-Irada
Azerbaijan will not resume hostilities, at least because it is not
ready for war now, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian has said.
The Armenian diplomat said in an interview with Yerevan’s Shant TV
channel that he believes that if Azerbaijan cannot make even the
most basic compromises in the negotiations, it will never venture to
resort to a military option. He added that Azerbaijan could benefit
a lot from the talks.
Oskanian said further that billions of dollars were being invested
in the Azerbaijani economy and that Baku would not want to jeopardize
this capital.
“Therefore, no-one will give Azerbaijan the opportunity to restart
war with Armenia,” he said.
The discussions held by the Azeri and Armenian leaders in the French
town of Rambouillet in February turned out fruitless, as the parties
failed to iron out issues of principle, which was followed by mutual
threats.