“The Armenian side must voice its principal position on the Nagorno Karabakh problem and explain, whether it wants the conflict settlement by holding constructive talks,” head of the foreign relations department of the Azerbaijan President’s executive office Novruz Mammadov said. He stated it when commenting on the next stage of negotiations between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan scheduled for 10 February in Paris. Mammadov stated it is necessary to clarify the following point at this meeting: whether the Armenian party wants to resolve the problem based on constructive talks or “they will be maneuvering – dragging out from one meeting to another further and thus providing their stay in power”. According to him, negotiations on some technical issues of the conflict peaceful settlement were held both between the heads of Foreign Ministries of the both states and at the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen. «But the main thing is in resolving the principal matters”, Mammadov said and added, the position of Azerbaijan in this regard is quite clear. “The occupied areas of Azerbaijan must be liberated, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) must return to their homelands, the integrity of Azerbaijan must be ensured. Only after that the legal status of Nagorno Karabakh will be determined,” he said. “The stand of the Azeri leadership over the NK issue was always consistent, unambiguous and resolute,” Mammadov assures.
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