ArmInfo. Azerbaijan is ready to continue substantive negotiations aimed at beginning a process of a phased settlement of the conflict. This was stated in an interview with RIA Novosti by the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, answering the question whether the meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia is being prepared to resolve the Karabakh conflict and whether contacts are possible before the end of the year.
Moreover, if you follow the recent negotiations, you will notice that Baku has repeatedly voiced the position on the need to promote a responsible dialogue aimed at the result - ending the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, creating conditions for the safe and dignified return of internally displaced persons, including representatives of Azerbaijan communities of Nagorny Karabakh, to their homes, followed by ensuring broad rights of self-government for the population of the Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, including Armenian and Azerbaijani communities ", Mammadyarov assured.
At the same time, he expressed the conviction that the high-level meeting held between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the Prime Minister of Armenia on the sidelines of the latest CIS summit in Dushanbe is a good example of Azerbaijan's readiness for meaningful dialogue. "Alas, the change of power and the political turbulence observed so far in Yerevan have slowed down the process to a certain extent. We hope that the Armenian leadership will soon be able to demonstrate political will to continue the negotiation process within the framework of the existing format and based on a well-known agenda," Mammadyarov said .