‘AS SOON AS BAKU GETS RID OF MINDSET TYPICAL OF MIDDLE AGES’: SHAVARSH KOCHARYAN RESPONDS TO ARAZ AZIMOV
Tert.am
05.05.10
"As soon as Baku is ready to return Nagorno Karabakh’s regions it
has occupied and to recognize the independence of the Republic of
Nagorno Karabakah, as soon as it get rids of a mindset and work style
typical of the Middle Ages, Baku can then ask NKR to held discussions
over mutually-benefitial issues," Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh
Kocharyan told local Armenian daily Azg (Nation) when asked to comment
on the statemets made by his Azerbaijani counterpart Araz Azimov over
the settlement of the Karabakh issue.
Earlier Azimov had said that "Armenia told Baku that it needs time to
withdraw troops from a part [meaning Lachin and Kelbajar] of occupied
territories of Azerbaijan" adding that the timetable for that issue,
as well as for the return of the Azerbaijani people to Nagorno Karabakh
is yet to be shceduled.
Saying that the OSCE co-chairs have already made a similar proposal
Azimov had also mentioned that "Azerbaijan’s Constitution needs to
be restored in Nagorno Karabakh and the status should be determined
within the Constitution and coordinated with the local people."
"It should be carried out phase-by-phase. The regions of Aghdam,
Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Zangilan, Gubadli and Lachin corridor must be
liberated. Armenia says it needs time to withdraw its troops from
Lachin and Kelbajar. This time should be scheduled. The co-chairs have
a proposal on this issue. It needs to schedule not only the withdrawal
from Lachin and Kelbajar, but also for returning of Azerbaijanis
to Karabakh. When they will return and will they receive status by
returning? The liberation of five regions + Lachin corridor should
be legalized with the same document," local Azerbaijani new agency
APA quoted him as saying.