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Farhad Badalbayli: â€œThe mediators said that Azerbaijanis should return to Nagorno Karabakh and live thereâ€

06 October 2009 13:19 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Lachin Sultanova â€“ APA. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs met with the members of the Management Board of the Public Union of Nagorno Karabakhâ€™s Azerbaijani Community, APA reports. Head of the public union Bayram Safarov told journalists after the meeting that the mediators clarified some questions about the returning of the Azerbaijanis to Nagorno Karabakh. Safarov said now the Azerbaijani community is only interested in this issue and considers that the status of the Nagorno Karabakh should be solved after the return of the IDPs.
â€œThe status can be considered after we return to our homes, work, construct schools, medical facilities, buildings, create normal living conditions. Maybe then Armenians will not want a special status and see that living is wonderful in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is an international country and there are a lot of national minorities here. We are ready to live together with the Armenians having Azerbaijanâ€™s passports. We had lived with them before. We are neighbors regardless of our wish and should live together,â€ he said.

Member of the Management Board, peopleâ€™s Farhad Badalbayli said he asked the mediators about the safety of the people that will return to their homes.
â€œThe people will go there without weapons, Armenians have police and army,â€ he said.
Badalbayli said the co-chairs could not answer his question.
â€œPerhaps they do not know who will ensure the security of the people and are not ready for this question. We are representatives of Nagorno Karabakhâ€™s Azerbaijani community. Unpleasant processes are observed there, Armenians sell land plots. How will these problems be solved after we return? The co-chairs said mines should be cleared off and the IDPs may return after the process ends. I understood that this process will last long and I got disappointed,â€ he said.

Farhad Badalbayli considers that there is an improvement in the negotiations.
â€œThe mediators said that Azerbaijanis should return to Nagorno Karabakh and live there. They did not use to say so before,â€ he said.

MP Rovshan Rzayev mentioned that the two communities had once lived in Nagorno Karabakh and said Azerbaijanis and Armenians should live together again.
â€œOf course this problem will be solved within the framework of Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity,â€ he said.