Azerbaijan does not want war over Nagorno-Karabakh
BAKU – Azerbaijan does not want to wage war over the Armenian-backed breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, yet it sees no chance of a breakthrough in talks later this month, its deputy foreign minister said.
Araz Azimov told Reuters in an interview that Azerbaijan was not equipping its army for war against Armenia, brushing aside comments from its defence ministry this month that it would "liberate the occupied land from the enemy".
He said he hoped for more clarity at a meeting on June 25 of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Russian city of Kazan on the conflict, a source of instability in an oil and gas transit zone.
"We are not interested in war. Since we see the diplomatic possibilities, why should we think about war?" he said late on Wednesday.
"Who said that Azerbaijan should have a weak army? It's good to have a good army and it's better not to use it. This is the
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