Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Khazar Ibrahim showed his attitude to the words “The people of Nagorno-Karabakh” and “participation of Nagorno-Karabakh as a party in the negotiations” used by the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier in Armenia.
According to Khazar Ibrahimov Nagorno-Karabakh people do not exist in general, informs Azertac. And involvement of the leaders of the separatist regime in the peace talks is impossible: “It contradicts the Moscow declaration as well. The declaration was signed by both presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia. It means that the conflict sides are Armenia and Azerbaijan. On the other hand words used by Mr. Fassier cause surprise as the declaration has also been signed by the Russian president and Russia is one of the co-chairs. The fact that representative of one of the co-chair countries speaks against the president of the other co-chair country is obscure”, Khazar Ibrahim said.
The Foreign Ministry Spokesman pointed out that “The population of Nagorno-Karabakh consists of both Azerbaijanis and Armenians, and both communities are citizens of Azerbaijan.” “That is why the notion of Nagorno-Karabakh people doesn’t exist and the statements made by the co-chair are unacceptable,” he stressed.