Yerevan claims Baku stalling Karabakh settlement process
YEREVAN. Oct 17 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan is not ready to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian.
"Azerbaijan pretends that it is ready to draw up a peace treaty but it is trying to shift the debates to other platforms on one hand and to thwart the negotiating processes aimed at coordination of fundamental settlement principles on the other hand," the Armenian Foreign Ministry press service quoted the minister to Interfax as telling the OSCE Minsk Group intermediaries.
"The minister emphasized that the destructive steps taken by Azerbaijan exhibited its unpreparedness to settle the conflict," the ministry said.
Nalbandian called the intermediaries' attention to the increased frequency of ceasefire violations ahead of a meeting of the Armenian and Azeri presidents in Paris due in late October. "This is a behavioral style traditionally demonstrated by Baku before high-level meetings," he stated.
"Nalbandian also pointed out to the intermediaries that Azerbaijan had been alleging that the [OSCE Minsk Group] cochairmen had proposed to start expert negotiations on settlement elements acceptable for Baku," the ministry said.