The Azerbaijani leadership is for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, President Aliyev stated in his interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta Russian newspaper. "We adhere to the peaceful settlement and try to resolve the problem peacefully", he said. "We still hope that the negotiations will be successful. However we will not hold negotiations for the sake of negotiations only and will not take part in an imitation of talks", the Azeri President noted.