MEETING AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
Reminding that Slovenia will preside at OSCE in 2005, noted that Azerbaijan’s position is very important for him. The guest also took interest in contacts of the Ministry with the OSCE Baku Office.
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov spoke of the links between Azerbaijan and OSCE, updated on the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group in settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict. Expressing with deep regret that the Minsk Group’s activity has not yielded any conclusion the Minister stated that he hopes for Slovenia’s efforts in this direction as future OSCE chair. Minister Elmar Mammadyarov reminded the UN Security Council’s four Resolutions on the question and principles of the Lisbon Summit, underlining that the aggressive and ethnic cleaning policy of Armenia should not be justified.
As far as the links with the OSCE Baku Office, the Minister said that they are acting jointly in this direction. He also expressed confidence that the OSCE and world community would protest against the so-called “elections to the municipalities in the Nagorny Karabakh region” on 8 August.
Noting that he attaches great significance to the links between Azerbaijan and his country, Mr. Yanez Lenatrziz said that he would not spare his efforts for fair settlement of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict.
The sides discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest.
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