Azerbaijani Foreign Minister: "Some changes have been introduced to the Madrid proposals"

The Minister also noted that these changes must be considered and analyzed and "the meeting will be held after it on the level of either the Foreign ministers or the presidents",

Commenting on Matthew Bryza's statements about the soonest meeting of the Presidents, Mamedyarov noted that the meeting will be held next year.

Commenting on the issue whether the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan will be fixed in the political declaration of the OSCE, the Minister explained: "Well, let's see if this declaration will be adopted at all, this issue is just being discussed at the moment".

On the other hand, he noted that the issue of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not challenged by anyone and Armenia is the only country which tries to do it.

Commening on Nalbandyan's statement that Azerbaijan misinterprets the principles of the Moscow declaration, Mamedyarov noted that this document is undersigned by the presidents of the conflict parties, including the President of Russia.

Speaking about the recent talks with Foreign minister of Turkey Ali Babacan, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan said the following: "The issue on opening borders between Turkey and Armenia before the resolution of the Karabakh conflict was not on the agenda. This is a sovereign right of the two states. Butthe position of Turkey regarding the occupied lands of Azerbaijan was discussed in details. In this context Turkey's position was voiced repeatedly and this, certainly, strongly affects the relations between Turkey and Armenia".

As for the issue of holding a referendum, Mamedyarov explained that before holding any arrangement, it must first be prepared. In the absence of Azerbaijanis  in Karabakh it is impossible to speak of legal provision. Armenians say that Karabakh has held its referendum. But how did they hold it? In conditions of war and guns. Such referendums can be held every day. We suggest to create conditions for it, and this becomes more urgent in the context of the recent events in the Caucasus. Progress and predictability in the region is needed, including in the resolution of conflicts. At the same time, there is an understanding that the conflict solution will take much time. It all must be done considering the fact that communications must be restored, people must be returned and so on".

/Day.Az/