"No one can force Azerbaijan to a compromise not meeting the interests of the republic," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov stated. In his words, the "stepwise settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the most optimal variant." "Resolving the problem by a stepwise principle, we will be given back the territories around Nagorno Karabakh. After the return of the refugees works for improvement of their living conditions will be carried out," Mammadyarov said. He also noted that fixing time for the conflict settlement forecast by some diplomats in 2006 is incorrect, reported Day.az.