November 29, 2006 - 17:35 AMT
Ilham Aliyev: We Approach Last Stage of Karabakh Talks
"For three years already the talks in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have proceeded within the Prague Process that included numerous meetings of Presidents and Foreign Ministers. We have overcome certain stages and are approaching the last one," Azeri President Ilham Aliyev told AzTV. In his words, all the questions were considered during these three years and the positions of the states have been completely formed. "Now we are at a stage when the future of the negotiation process depends on us. From this standpoint I give a positive estimation to the latest meeting. We held serious talks and discussed vexed points. We coordinated the issues that were not settled before but there certainly remain items on which our opinions differ. However we discussed them as well. Azerbaijan's position is unchangeable. We stand for the settlement of the conflict within the principle of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity," the Azeri President said, reports Azeri Press.