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Day.az, Azerbaijan
30 Jan 2007
AZERI SPOKESMAN SEES "NO DIFFERENCES" WITH ARMENIA ON OSCE'S KARABAKH
PROPOSALS
31 January: The head of the Information Department of the Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry, Tahir Tagizada, has commented on the statement of
the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan that the Armenia side
regards the OSCE Minsk Group's proposals to settle the Karabakh
problem as logical.
"The ideas and activity of the OSCE Minsk Group cochairs are welcomed
by the Azerbaijani side," he said.
"We think that the ideas that are put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group
give grounds for the constructive continuation of the talks.
Azerbaijan has never objected to the three points noted by Oskanyan.
Because we think self-determination is possible and expedient for the
entire people of Nagornyy Karabakh - both Armenian and Azerbaijani
communities - within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. That is
to say, we mean the highest level of autonomy," he noted.
Secondly, as for the relations of the Armenian community of Karabakh
with Armenia, we are ready to ensure this process, as the Azerbaijani
foreign minister and his deputies have said more than once. But there
is a need for better understanding of this issue - we are talking
about wider cooperation, which would allow links between the Armenian
diaspora of Karabakh and Armenia, simultaneously ensuring links
between Azerbaijan and the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic [Azerbaijani
exclave]. That is to say, the issue is about larger-scale regional
integration, Tagizada said.
He said that one of the first steps to be settled will be a package
of measures to ensure security and build trust.
"I think that we have no differences with the Armenian side. The
goals described in Oskanyan's speech are not different from the ideas
put forward by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, even though the
militaristic rhetoric of the opponents causes concern," the Foreign
Ministry spokesman concluded.
30 Jan 2007
AZERI SPOKESMAN SEES "NO DIFFERENCES" WITH ARMENIA ON OSCE'S KARABAKH
PROPOSALS
31 January: The head of the Information Department of the Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry, Tahir Tagizada, has commented on the statement of
the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan that the Armenia side
regards the OSCE Minsk Group's proposals to settle the Karabakh
problem as logical.
"The ideas and activity of the OSCE Minsk Group cochairs are welcomed
by the Azerbaijani side," he said.
"We think that the ideas that are put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group
give grounds for the constructive continuation of the talks.
Azerbaijan has never objected to the three points noted by Oskanyan.
Because we think self-determination is possible and expedient for the
entire people of Nagornyy Karabakh - both Armenian and Azerbaijani
communities - within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. That is
to say, we mean the highest level of autonomy," he noted.
Secondly, as for the relations of the Armenian community of Karabakh
with Armenia, we are ready to ensure this process, as the Azerbaijani
foreign minister and his deputies have said more than once. But there
is a need for better understanding of this issue - we are talking
about wider cooperation, which would allow links between the Armenian
diaspora of Karabakh and Armenia, simultaneously ensuring links
between Azerbaijan and the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic [Azerbaijani
exclave]. That is to say, the issue is about larger-scale regional
integration, Tagizada said.
He said that one of the first steps to be settled will be a package
of measures to ensure security and build trust.
"I think that we have no differences with the Armenian side. The
goals described in Oskanyan's speech are not different from the ideas
put forward by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, even though the
militaristic rhetoric of the opponents causes concern," the Foreign
Ministry spokesman concluded.