Interfax News Agency, Russia
Russia & CIS Military Newswire
March 6, 2008 Thursday
AZERBAIJAN INTERESTED IN RESUMING TALKS OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH …
Azerbaijan is interested in the soonest possible resumption of
negotiations with Armenia on the resolution of the conflict over
Nagorno- Karabakh, said Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
"I support the sooner resumption of peace talks. It is very important
for us to resolve this issue quickly, because the Azeri leadership
cannot accept the situation in which Azeri land is occupied,"
Mammadyarov told journalists on Thursday.
Commenting on an armed clash between Azeri and Armenian forces on
March 4, Mammadyarov described the incident as "provocation on the
part of Armenia, which resorted to it because of the political
situation at home."
Mammadyarov said he met with OSCE chairman-in-office’s personal
representative Andrzej Kasprzyk to discuss the incident on Wednesday.
Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev also met with both Kasprzyk and
U.S.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairman Matthew Bryza.
However, Mammadyarov said he did not expect the negotiations to
proceed easily. "It is difficult to expect a constructive approach
from Armenia. The latest events showed that it is hard to talk about
any constructiveness."
From: Baghdasarian