Baku expects Yerevan to take constructive position in next rounds of negotiations: Azerbaijani deputy FM

Azerbaijani President's special envoy for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told Trend's Washington correspondent that the negotiations are based on the principal of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Baku will not change its position.

Azimov said the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved only in line with international law.

Azimov added Baku expects Yerevan to take a constructive position in the next rounds of negotiations.

In response to a question about opening of Armenia-Turkey border, Azimov said that Turkish leaders including President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu have announced for a number of times that the borders will not be opened until the occupied territories of Azerbaijan were freed and Baku continues to believes in these statements.

On Aug. 31, Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland reached an agreement to launch "internal political consultations" to sign the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Protocol on Development of Bilateral Relations, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

"Political consultations will be completed within six weeks, and following that two protocols will be signed and submitted to the two countries' parliaments for ratification," the ministry said.

Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993.

/Trend News/