Azerbaijani FM: Turkey confirms invariability of its position on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Turkey has confirmed the invariability of its position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov briefed the media on April 9, answering a question about today's meeting with Firudin Sinirlioglu, Turkish Foreign Ministry's adviser and special envoy of the Turkish Prime Minister.

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister described the meeting as "comprehensive," which, firstly covered the question of negotiations scheduled in Washington between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at the summit on nuclear safety.

With regards to Turkey's position on the impossibility of opening the border with Armenia without any tangible progress in resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Mammadyarov said that Ankara remains committed to its promises.  

On Friday, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister and Special Envoy of Turkish Prime Minister held a bilateral meeting which firstly focused on the negotiations and meetings planned in the framework of nuclear summit in Washington. Mammadyarov had a conversation with his Turkish counterpart in the morning, where were these topics were also discussed.

"The Turkish side confirmed that it will take steps in matters that bring peace and stability to the South Caucasus, and will try to get a result from the meeting in Washington to begin progress, marked by the adoption of updated Madrid principles (by Armenia) and creating the possibility that we continue to work over a larger agreement," Mammadyarov said to joint press conference with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Stefan Füle, on April 9.

In his turn, the Commissioner Füle, who made his first official visit to Azerbaijan under his current mandate, highlighted the European Union's commitment to peaceful solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the work of the OSCE Minsk Group in this regard. According to him, the EU plans to take several important steps to resolve conflict and achieve peace in the region.

"Certain time ago, I spoke with the President of Armenia, and today held talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, they both expressed their commitment to peaceful resolution of the conflict," said Füle.


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