Karabakh Issue: Armenian FM Blasts Azerbaijan’s "Maximalist" Policy

KARABAKH ISSUE: ARMENIAN FM BLASTS AZERBAIJAN’S “MAXIMALIST” POLICY

KARABAKH | 10.02.15 | 10:53

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian again accused Azerbaijan
of undermining progress in the Karabakh peace talks as he received
Herbert Salber, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
and the crisis in Georgia, in Yerevan on February 9.

According to the Foreign Ministry’s official website, Minister
Nalbandian drew the attention of the EU Special Representative to
the drastic increase in subversive acts of the Azerbaijani forces
along Armenia-Azerbaijan border and the Line of Contact with
Nagorno-Karabakh.

“At the end of last week, at the Munich Security Conference,
Azerbaijan’s President’s refusal to accept the well-known three
principles of the international law as a basis for the conflict
resolution, the approaches that he expressed are a proof to the
contempt towards the appeals of the international community and
continuation of its maximalist line,” Minister Nalbandian underlined.

The foreign minister of Armenia mentioned that Azerbaijan continuously
rejects the OSCE Minsk Groups’ proposals on confidence-building
measures, i.e. the measures on consolidation of cease-fire regime,
withdrawal of snipers, creation of investigation mechanism for
incidents, and by its destructive stance undermines progress in
negotiation process.

The EU special representative reaffirmed his support to the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ efforts towards peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue.