Kocharyan’s response to Azimov
"Azerbaijan is anticipating "change in the positions of the opponent," Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov announced before the meeting of the Armenian and Azeri presidents.
"Azerbaijan's position is absolutely clear. We want to resolve the conflict within the framework of territorial integrity. We have always clarified and corroborated our position. The international community completely defends our position, which is based on the norms and principles of international law," Azimov said, adding that these are the issues on their agenda for the meeting.
"If Armenia is ready for discussion on compromises in line with Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, we are also ready to develop the discussion," the Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister assured.
According to Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, the statements by the Azerbaijani side before the meeting of the presidents have already turned into regularity and they are aimed at blocking any possible progress that is expected from those meetings.
"As long as the Azeri officials haven't renounced their bellicose declarations, the propaganda that instills enmity and the destructive statements that distort international law, or as long as they haven't realized that the people of Artsakh determine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and not the authorities of Azerbaijan, it is clear that they are not holding talks to ensure progress, but they are using the negotiations process as a veil to conceal their uncorroborated propaganda," Shavarsh Kocharyan said.
Let us recall that the next Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is scheduled for the end of this week in Munich.
