Elmar Mammadyarov: “Armenia should clarify its position”
Within the framework of the meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
The meeting focused on the current state of Karabakh conflict resolution, APA news agency reports.
"We agreed to continue works towards bringing the sides' positions closer. Next week, the co-chairs will visit Armenia for this purpose. The co-chairs have put forward their proposals on the basis of updated Madrid principles. Azerbaijan has accepted these proposals in general. But Armenia makes different statements regarding the proposals. Sometimes Armenia agrees, but sometimes disagrees. It will be possible to start working on great peace agreement if Armenia clarifies its position," said Elmar Mammadyarov.
Answering the question "May it cause breaking off negotiations if Armenia agrees with proposals first and disagrees later for some reasons", Azerbaijan's FM said such threat has always existed.
On the sidelines of the meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers, Kanat Saudabayev, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and head of Kazakh Foreign Ministry, expressed readiness to organize a meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Astana in 2010.
