Azerbaijan is viewing the Minsk Group as a single whole and would not like to draw a distinction between the Co-Chairs", Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated in his interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta Russian newspaper. However Russia is the only chair-state bordering with Azerbaijan and is a power of our region. Surely, this circumstance increases her responsibility for the Karabakh conflict settlement, he stated. "We think that the activities of the Minsk Group should not proceed from the principle: "you will come to agreement and we will confirm". "If we could come to an agreement, we would have done it long before. The Minsk Group was formed because the conflicting parties could not arrive at an agreement themselves. That is why we hold the opinion that the MG activity should be directed at the asserting of principles and norms of the jus gentium according to which the territorial integrity of any state is inviolable. Azerbaijan did not violate the territorial integrity of any country while our own territorial integrity was violated. This fact was recorded in some document of the leading international institutions, in part, in the resolution by the Council of Europe", Azeri President said. In his words, official Baku sees the settlement of the conflict in thew following way: Azerbaijan's territorial integrity should be restored, Armenian forces should leave the Azeri territories, and the refugees should return their homes. Then peace will be established". According to him, this approach becomes more and more acceptable for the international community and the latest activation of the OSCE Minsk Group may be efficient.