Azerbaijan rejected Obama, Medvedev and Sarkozy, says MP

Azerbaijan ignored and rejected the recent call by the leaders of the Minsk Group co-chair states to agree to the last version of the Madrid Principles over the Karabakh conflict, RPA Spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov told Aysor.am.

Eduard Sharmazanov said that it’s already a year since Armenia gave its assent to the proposals of the co-chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe co-chairs, while Azerbaijan is making attempts to evade and with that to lead the talks’ process to a deadlock.

“In fact, Azerbaijan rejected and ignored the call by the leaders of the co-chair countries in Deauville yesterday to agree to the last version of the Madrid proposals currently on the negotiations’ table,” said he.

It comes after Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry issued a statement in response to the Deauville statement in which it said Baku’s “position is unchanged and withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces and return of IDPs (internally displace people) will create an opportunity to make the next step towards the creation of useful conditions in the region”.

Another goal Baku pursues with its current stance, Sharmazanov explained, is an attempt to fail a meeting of the co-chairs scheduled in Kazan, Russia.

“I think both the mediators and the international community will draw relevant conclusions over Azerbaijan’s such unresponsible conduct,” Eduard Sharmazanov added.