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Elman Abdullayev: One can not regard lack of Armenian authoritiesâ€™ political will to withdraw troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories as readiness for compromise

13 November 2012 08:47 (UTC +04:00)

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had said in his interview to The Wall Street Journal that Armenia is ready for compromise and to solve Nagorno Karabakh conflict: “The situation is indeed tense, but we have never made hostile statements. The conflict must be solved through negotiations. Military operations are inadmissible, because it would harm Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia, but most harm would come to the Azerbaijani people.”

Elman Abdullayev commented on Armenian President’s views.

“I wonder, who has made the situation in the region tense? Bloody ethnic cleansing was carried out, one million people were expelled from their historical lands as a result of the militaristic policy of Armenia,” he said.

He said due to the unbearable economic situation in Armenia a lot of citizens are obliged to leave for other countries.

According to the diplomat, the approach of Armenia to the issue resulted in its isolation from all regional processes: “In this case, such a question arises: Who creates the tense situation? In general, what does Yerevan want to achieve – to harm the future of the region and its people?”

The spokesman said that the establishment of a puppet regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and attempts to carry out artificial settlement in these areas are not the ways out of the situation: “Is it necessary to harm the region and people for the sake of their ambitious and nationalist approach? One can not regard lack of Armenian authorities’ political will to withdraw troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories as readiness for compromise. What do we mean when speaking about the attempts on the maintenance of the status-quo? Don’t they mean maintenance of the occupation fact?”

Elman Abdullayev said that Azerbaijan is interested in changing the current status quo most of all: “We clearly understand that the region can never fully develop without changing the current tense situation and the people of the South Caucasus will suffer from this.”