Eduard Sharmazanov: Baku to regret if resorts to diversion to be followed by Kazan meeting

June 25, 2011 - 15:29 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku will regret if it resorts to diversion to be followed by the Presidential meeting in Kazan, according to Press Secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Eduard Sharmazanov .

“In case of attack Azerbaijan will have losses, as it used to do lots of times,” the Press Secretary told a press conference in Yerevan, adding that the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh is well trained and in case of necessity may rebuff Azerbaijan’s attack.

Touching upon warlike statements of the Azerbaijani leader, Sharmazanov noted that such policy has never been beneficial to any country. “In case of force majeure situation, Armenia will fight for its motherland. And, the victory is always with us, in future, as it was in 1994,” Sharmazanov said.

Ilham Aliyev traditionally left the negotiations table prematurely, and did not go to the hippodrome with the Presidents of Armenia and Russia, according to the Press Secretary.

The summit between Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Kazan on June 24 completed without an agreement on basic principles of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. “The countries’ leaders registered mutual understanding on a range of problems, the resolution of which boosts creation of conditions for approving main principles. The meeting participants considered the course of works carried out with the aim of coordination of the project with basic principles,” according to the statement. The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed gratitude to the Russian, French and U.S. leaders, the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs, for ‘their constant attention to Nagorno-Karabakh problem’ and highly praised personal efforts of the Russian President in support of agreements.

Later on Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbanian noted that the June 24 meeting was not a breakthrough, as Azerbaijan proved unready to accept the final version of the basic principles suggested by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Instead, the Azerbaijani leader attempted to impose 10 new proposals, thus precluding the possibility of any agreement on the issue,” he added.