LEADERS OF OSCE COUNTRIES TO CONSIDER KARABAKH ISSUE IN MAASTRICHT

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the course of a sitting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OSCE member countries in Maastricht in early December the issue of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement will also be discussed, said deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan, special representative of the country president at negotiations over the Karabakh conflict settlement Araz Azimov, Baku media reported. At that he noted that he does not have much illusions regarding the outcomes of the Maastricht forum. Commenting on the opportunity of reaching a compromise in the course of the Karabakh talks, Azimov noted that is was possible only within the international legal framework, adding that territorial integrity of Azerbaijan cannot be subject to concession. Touching upon the opportunity of direct talks between Baku and Stepanakert, the deputy minister said that in case Armenian armed forces are withdrawn from Azeri territories Baku can negotiate with its own citizens in Nagorno Karabakh over the latter's status as part of Azerbaijan.