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Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
March 24 2007
Chairman of Federation Council of Russia: Russia Stands Ready to
Adopt any Mutually Acceptable Settlement Variant of Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict
Russia, Moscow /corr. Trend R.Agayev/ ` Russia is interested in
friendly relations with its neighbors, in particular with those with
whom Russia has centurial friendly relations, good-neighborhood and
co-operation. In this regard, Russia has an interest towards
permanent interactions and constructive dialogue,' said the Chairman
of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Sergey
Mironov, at the press-conference, commenting on the
Russian-Azerbaijani relations, Trend Special Correspondent reports.
Commenting on the termination of the gas delivery from Russia to
Azerbaijan, he said that Azerbaijan has its national interests in the
economy and policy and Russia respectfully approaches this position.
Russia also has its national interests in various spheres.
`I consider that we have own positions and economy arising from the
interests of our peoples and country. Everybody wants to get profits
in business and if there is an access to the energy resources,
everybody try to receive or deliver them with available prices. It is
a normal process and I do not see any tensions from the point of view
of assessment of our bilateral relations,' he said.
According to him, there is a very large agreement-legal base between
Russia and Azerbaijan, more than 80 agreements have been signed at
inter-State level. `There are very good personal relations between
the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and very respectful relations
between nations of the two countries,' Mironov said.
According to him, Azerbaijan is the strategic partner of Russia in
Caucasus. `We have much common - we have Caspian Sea, which should be
agreed not only by Azerbaijan and Russia, but also by Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan and Iran. We have Caucasian problems. We have a common
wound - Nagorno-Karabakh because this wound is of concern not only
for Azeri people, but also Russia. We understand that as long as
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not been settled, it will be a source
of destabilization of in Caucasus,' Mironov stressed.
According to him, Russia is prepared to adopt any mutually acceptable
settlement variant of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. `If you want Russia
to act as a guarantee for these agreements, we may do it with
pleasure. We have a very open position in this regard,' Chairman of
the Federation Council concluded.
March 24 2007
Chairman of Federation Council of Russia: Russia Stands Ready to
Adopt any Mutually Acceptable Settlement Variant of Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict
Russia, Moscow /corr. Trend R.Agayev/ ` Russia is interested in
friendly relations with its neighbors, in particular with those with
whom Russia has centurial friendly relations, good-neighborhood and
co-operation. In this regard, Russia has an interest towards
permanent interactions and constructive dialogue,' said the Chairman
of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Sergey
Mironov, at the press-conference, commenting on the
Russian-Azerbaijani relations, Trend Special Correspondent reports.
Commenting on the termination of the gas delivery from Russia to
Azerbaijan, he said that Azerbaijan has its national interests in the
economy and policy and Russia respectfully approaches this position.
Russia also has its national interests in various spheres.
`I consider that we have own positions and economy arising from the
interests of our peoples and country. Everybody wants to get profits
in business and if there is an access to the energy resources,
everybody try to receive or deliver them with available prices. It is
a normal process and I do not see any tensions from the point of view
of assessment of our bilateral relations,' he said.
According to him, there is a very large agreement-legal base between
Russia and Azerbaijan, more than 80 agreements have been signed at
inter-State level. `There are very good personal relations between
the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and very respectful relations
between nations of the two countries,' Mironov said.
According to him, Azerbaijan is the strategic partner of Russia in
Caucasus. `We have much common - we have Caspian Sea, which should be
agreed not only by Azerbaijan and Russia, but also by Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan and Iran. We have Caucasian problems. We have a common
wound - Nagorno-Karabakh because this wound is of concern not only
for Azeri people, but also Russia. We understand that as long as
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not been settled, it will be a source
of destabilization of in Caucasus,' Mironov stressed.
According to him, Russia is prepared to adopt any mutually acceptable
settlement variant of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. `If you want Russia
to act as a guarantee for these agreements, we may do it with
pleasure. We have a very open position in this regard,' Chairman of
the Federation Council concluded.