Baku rejects Saint Petersburg suggestions for Karabakh conflict resolution

July 23, 2010 - 12:31 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov commented on the statement of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan that new suggestions have been submitted in Saint Petersburg for the Karabakh conflict resolution and it is high time that Azerbaijan says whether it accepts the suggestions or not.

Specifically, Polukhov said that currently Azerbaijan is working with the document, which has been submitted by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen in Athens, with participation of two foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.

According to Polukhov, the document submitted in Athens is a result of efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen, as well as meetings held between the two countries presidents.

He added that working suggestions, which are made very often, have been submitted to the sides in Saint Petersburg. “However, they were drafted only by one side, thus, the OSCE Minsk Group format was not preserved. The Saint Petersburg suggestions change the entire philosophy of the negotiation process at the core. In other words, they affect the work that was carried out for six years and the fragile construction that was built during this period,” said Polukhov, Day.az reported.