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Russia must take into account Azerbaijan's position on Karabakh issue

16 November 2017 15:00 (UTC+04:00)
Russia must take into account Azerbaijan's position on Karabakh issue

By Rashid Shirinov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced his plan of visiting Baku and Yerevanearly next week at a press conference held on November 14.

Azerbaijani political scientist Fikret Sadikhov believes that Nagorno-Karabakh will remain high on agenda during his forthcoming visit.

“Sergey Lavrov, as the representative of Russia, the OSCE MG co-chair state, will visit the region to probe the situation, ascertain the positions of the parties on the conflict settlement and, perhaps, again put forward some proposals and ideas that meet the interests of Russia,” the expert said.

Sadikhov noted that the position of Azerbaijan on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unchanged: “It is quite principled, and for all the past years, it has not been subjected to corrosion or deformation, and there can be no changes or compromises in this matter. Moscow and Yerevan realize this fact.”

The Azerbaijani authorities have long stated that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved within the territorial integrity, sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan.

Sadikhov said that Azerbaijan is ready for some constructive proposals and ideas that will come from Moscow, as Russia is the leading state of the region interested in close strategic cooperation with Azerbaijan and which has very close military and political ties with Armenia.

“Given all these important nuances and in the context of development of our relations with Russia, the Karabakh problem should be resolved in the interests of Azerbaijan – as of the side that suffered from occupation,” the expert noted. “If Russia is really interested in developing bilateral relations and strengthening partnership with our country in future, it must take into account our position and our interests on this particular issue.”

Russia, along with the U.S. and France, is a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group established to broker a peace to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The country can be called the most active co-chair of the MG, as the Russian president and FM have numerously held trilateral meetings with Azerbaijani and Armenian heads of state and foreign ministers in order to accelerate the settlement of the long-standing conflict.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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