AZERI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES «FACTS OF SETTLING ARMENIANS IN SOME REGIONS CONFIRMED»

PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov assures that the OSCE Fact Finding Mission report has confirmed «the facts of illegal settlements in Lachin, Kelbajar, Zangelan, Kubatlu and Jabrail.» «Although the mission did not come about population in other regions, the representatives saw there repaired houses and divided lands,» he noted. A. Azimov said that one could suppose that «before the arrival of the mission in the territory Armenians took certain measures, instructed the population.» Answering the question whether the Lachin region territory will be provided as a corridor for Armenia, A. Azimov reported that the Azeri party suggests using the road both by Azerbaijan and Armenia after achievement of a peace agreement. «We propose that the road be used both for communication from Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia and communication from Armenia to Nagorno Karabakh, as well as cargo transportation. Azerbaijan in its turn will use the road for communication with Nakhichevan,» he stated. Due to locating peacekeeping forces at the contact line of the Armenian and Azeri Armed Forces A. Azimov said it will not do any good: «Azerbaijan wishes not to freeze the conflict but to solve it. Only after the signing of a peace agreement, return of the population to their residence places such forces can be located there.» A. Azimov said that there is probability for the postponed meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers Vardan Oskanian and Elmar Mamedyarov to be held next month.