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Elmar Mammadyarov: The negotiations must not be held for the sake of negotiations, but for achieving results

11 December 2012 13:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov received the delegation led by Yves Rossier, Swiss State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry’s press service told APA that the sides expressed satisfaction with the relations between the two countries and underlined the importance of enhancement of legal base between the states.

Minister Elmar Mammadyarov informed the Swiss official about the regional projects and the role of Azerbaijan in ensuring energy security of Europe.

Informing the guest about the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the Minister underlined the importance of changing of the current status-quo.

He underlined the importance of the withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories. Elmar Mammadyarov noted that the negotiations must not be held for the sake of negotiations, but for achieving results. Minister also said that withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories will open broad opportunities for the resolution of the conflict. Elmar Mammadyarov said the conflict is not frozen, underlined that in order to ensure peace in the region, serious measures should be taken towards the resolution of the conflict.

It was noted that the meetings of the Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno Karabakh should be held with the view of realizing confidence-building measures, underlined that the international law is in favor of Azerbaijan.