Baku displeased with OSCE MG but doesn't intend to change format of Karabakh talks

PanARMENIAN.Net - Replacement of the OSCE Minsk Group members or Co-chairs is not on the agenda, an Azeri official said.





"The OSCE Minsk Group is legally dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process," said Novruz Mammadov, Head of Foreign Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani President's Office told APA.



"Nevertheless, Azerbaijan hails any initiative from the countries interested in resolution of the conflict," he said.



Commenting on a statement by OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair Matthew Bryza that the relations within the Minsk Group will tense after the Georgian hostilities, Novruz Mammadov described the presumption as inconsistent. "Each of the Co-chairs presented his own interpretation of the situation, what is incorrect," he said adding that the Minsk Group is established by the OSCE and change of its format is not on the agenda.



"Although Azerbaijan is displeased with the activities of the MG but we support them patiently as yet," Mammadov said, the Azeri Press Agency reports.