February 5, 2009 - 19:52 AMT
Baku's infantile comments hamper Karabakh process
The statements by head of international relations department of Azerbaijani President's office Novruz Mammadov are ridiculous and surprising, Vigen Sargsyan, deputy head of Armenian President's staff, said when commenting on Mammadov's remarks that RA President Serzh Sargsyan "did not have the to face Azeri President Ilham Aliev in the discussion at a Davos panel."
"Serzh Sargsyan planned to participate in the panel discussion but as a result of changes introduced into the format of participants, it was decided that the Minister of Foreign Affairs will replace the President in the debate," Sargsyan said.
"Such infantile comments hamper the presidential dialogue on Karabakh conflict settlement," he added.
"If the language of a high ranking Azeri official goes beyond ethic norms, it's the problem of his leaders," Sargsyan said.