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Talks on settling the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict are ongoing but "are not underway as planned yet", Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov has said, explaining this by Armenia’s non-constructive position.
He said a certain deadlock emerged in peace talks due to the Armenian president’s stance on the OSCE Madrid principles, an outline for a conflict settlement proposed by international mediators, taken at the presidential talks held in Sochi, Russia this January.
"Though the leaders of the countries co-chairing the [mediating] OSCE Minsk Group are paying ample attention to the problem, as far I know, Armenia is not stating readiness to make any changes in its position," Azimov said. "To achieve advances, however, there should be changes in the Armenian stance."
Azerbaijan has stated that it accepts the renewed Madrid Document, while Armenia has yet to put forth a clear-cut stance on the peace outline.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. Despite numerous rounds of OSCE-brokered negotiations, peace talks have been largely fruitless so far and refugees remain stranded.*