Interfax, Russia
April 13 2012

Armeniaslams Azerbaijan’s “anti-Armenian and racist rhetoric”

YEREVAN. April 13

Armeniaslammed Azerbaijan for “anti-Armenianand racist rhetoric”
that is an obstacle in talks to settle the two countries’ two-decade
conflict over Azerbaijan’s disputedArmenian-speaking enclave of
Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmenianForeign Minister Edvard Nalbandian said during a meeting in
Warsaw with the co-chairmen of the Minsk Group, an Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe body mediating in the conflict,
that “the anti-Armenianand racist rhetoric of the Azeri government
impedes building a positive atmosphere necessary for the negotiation
process,”Armenia’sForeign Ministry told Interfax.

Azerbaijan has been making statements and pursuing activities running
against agreements reached by the two countries at the Russia-brokered
Armenian-Azeri summit in Sochi, Russia, Nalbandian said.