March 19, 2008 - 17:26 AMT
Baku thinks presidential meeting senseless
"A meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents is possible if Armenia makes proposals that can interest us," said Khazar Ibrahim, head of the Azeri MFA press office.

"Instead of making empty statements and accusing Baku, the Armenian leadership should make exact proposals. Now, it makes no sense to speak of a presidential meeting," Ibrahim said, 1news.az.

Two days ago, Armenia's Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said Armenia is ready for a presidential meeting during NATO summit in Bucharest on April 3-4. "Serzh Sargsyan has agreed to meet. The matter depends on the Azeri President. At that the agenda will include the resolution on Karabakh adopted by the UN General Assembly on March 14," he said.

"If Azerbaijan keeps on putting forth the principles of the resolution, Serzh Sargsyan should announce senselessness of further talks. In this case, Armenia will have to reconsider its approaches and focus on ensuring NKR's security. If Baku agrees to continue talks on the basis of the OSCE MG proposals, we are ready to negotiate," the Minister said.