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Foreign Minister of Czech Republic: â€œInternational community will not allow Nagorno Karabakh conflict to blaze up again

04 July 2008 12:16 (UTC +04:00)

The Minister said he familiarized his counterpart with the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and reminded that the Prague process was started 4 years ago. Elmar Mammadyarov said they paid special attention to the economic issues during the negotiations and Czech and Azerbaijani business people had mutual interests to the countries. â€œWe have discussed upcoming chairmanship of Czech Republic in the European Union taken over From France on January 1, 2009. The Minister said that the Czech embassy would be opened in Azerbaijan after the chairmanship term expires and the residence of current ambassador locates in Prague nowâ€. Foreign Minister of Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg said he had held very open and detailed negotiations with Elmar Mammadyarov. â€œWe had very comfortable dialogue because we called the development spade a spadeâ€. The Czech Minister said that there was no problem in the bilateral relations and both countries had common interests in the political field. He said they discussed at the negotiations the current situation in EU and Azerbaijan, Azerbaijanâ€™s approach to NATO and mutual visits between the countries. The Czech minister stated that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict should be solved peacefully and within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. â€œThe conflicts should be solved through the negotiations between the two sides at the present time and international community will not allow the conflicts to blaze up againâ€. Schwarzenberg said his country was ready to show necessary assistance to the solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Responding the question about the US missile defense in Czech Republic, Schwarzenberg said it was decided to sign relative document with the USA later in July. â€œRegarding the Gabala radar system, its current situation doesnâ€™t meet the European standards now, but this facility can be restored and used in futureâ€. Speaking about the attitude of his country to Nabucco Project, the Minister said Czech Republic was not attending this project, but watching it closely. â€œThis is very interesting project for Europeâ€.