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BAKU POINTS TO POSITIVE SHIFTS IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT PROCESS
Interfax, Russia
Oct 30 2014
BAKU. Oct 30
The fact that at the latest meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan
and Armenia in Paris French President Francois Hollande urged the
parties to start working on a draft of a big peace agreement is a
positive aspect in the Karabakh settlement process, officials in
Baku said.
"Among the main outcomes of the Paris meeting I can point to President
Hollande calling for the need to work over a draft of a big peace
agreement," Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an
interview with Azeri news agencies Trend and APA.
Each meeting at the presidential level is a positive fact, he said.
"Such meetings help understand the approach of the opposite side
in order to push the conflict resolution process forward. The Paris
talks were held throughout the day in several stages and focused on
the issues on which there is no progress yet," the minister said.
Having reiterated Baku's principled position, Azeri President Ilham
Aliyev said that a peaceful resolution of the conflict requires
first and foremost a withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the
occupied Azeri lands. Mammadyarov said that once this demand is met
Azerbaijan will have broad opportunities for establishing regional
security, opening its borders and communications, and agreeing on
confidence-building measures.
"With no Armenian troops in the Azeri territories there will be no
more need for snipers, and the number of armed incidents will fall
sharply. We will establish peace and develop the region," said the
Azeri minister.
Interfax, Russia
Oct 30 2014
BAKU. Oct 30
The fact that at the latest meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan
and Armenia in Paris French President Francois Hollande urged the
parties to start working on a draft of a big peace agreement is a
positive aspect in the Karabakh settlement process, officials in
Baku said.
"Among the main outcomes of the Paris meeting I can point to President
Hollande calling for the need to work over a draft of a big peace
agreement," Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an
interview with Azeri news agencies Trend and APA.
Each meeting at the presidential level is a positive fact, he said.
"Such meetings help understand the approach of the opposite side
in order to push the conflict resolution process forward. The Paris
talks were held throughout the day in several stages and focused on
the issues on which there is no progress yet," the minister said.
Having reiterated Baku's principled position, Azeri President Ilham
Aliyev said that a peaceful resolution of the conflict requires
first and foremost a withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the
occupied Azeri lands. Mammadyarov said that once this demand is met
Azerbaijan will have broad opportunities for establishing regional
security, opening its borders and communications, and agreeing on
confidence-building measures.
"With no Armenian troops in the Azeri territories there will be no
more need for snipers, and the number of armed incidents will fall
sharply. We will establish peace and develop the region," said the
Azeri minister.