ArmInfo."There is an impression that the race for the most awkward and unrelated statements has started in Azerbaijan," Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov told ArmInfo correspondent when commenting on today's statement of the head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE, Semid Seidov, about , that Armenia tried to disrupt the Karabakh talks.
As the vice-speaker noted, the Armenian side always advocated a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh issue and never sought to achieve anything by military means. "During the meeting, Armenia did not put forward any preconditions, but this does not mean that Azerbaijan should not comply with the conditions that were put forward in the trilateral format by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs," Sharmazanov said, implying Vienna and St. Petersburg agreements to reduce tensions in the conflict zone. The Vice Speaker also stressed that this statement is another senseless, insolent and deceitful statement of the Azerbaijani side.
Commenting on the results of the Geneva meeting, the head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Samad Seyidov, in particular, said that the Armenian side recently categorically refused any joint discussions on the issue of the Karabakh conflict. While accusing the Armenian side of putting forward preconditions for the continuation of the talks, Seyidov in particular stated: "Holding the meeting without any preconditions and provisions is an indication that Azerbaijan's position is clear, unambiguous and strong, and it is precisely this that assess it as intermediaries and the Armenian leadership, we once again demonstrated to the entire world community and to Armenia itself that if they insist on negotiations on the resolution of the conflict, they should be conducted solely on the terms of Azerbaijan, "he said. According to the deputy, to date, the biggest achievement of Baku is precisely that Azerbaijan managed to convince the countries - the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, as well as the Armenian leadership, that negotiations on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict are possible only if the two sides refuse to put forward any preconditions.