Azerbaijani ambassador on Tbilisi’s offer to mediate: ‘if Armenia agrees to withdraw forces from Karabakh, we are ready for negotiations'
Azerbaijani Ambassador said that the Azerbaijani army is fighting for the land that is recognised as its own by the international community. Photo: Kviris Palitra.
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Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia Faig Guliyev has responded to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s offer for Georgia is ready to mediate between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders over the Karabakh conflict, noting Azerbaijan is ready to participate in negotiations if Armenia agrees to voluntarily withdraw its armed forces from Karabakh.
However, we will not agree to negotiations of which the real desire is the continuation of the occupation. This is the will of the Azerbaijani people and this is the position of the state", Guliyev said in an interview with the local newspaper Kviris Palitra.
He added that the Azerbaijani army is fighting for the land that is recognised as its own by the international community.
Hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh resumed between Azerbaijan and Armenia earlier this month.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia announced earlier today that allegations of weapons transportation to Azerbaijan via Georgia are disinformation. Darsalia noted that amid ongoing fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Georgia has suspended the transit of military cargo through its territory to either country either by land or air.
German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch told journalists yesterday that he welcomes Georgian officials’ readiness to host a meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders over the Karabakh conflict.
Amid ongoing fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Georgia has suspended the transit of military cargo through its territory to either country either by land or air. No restrictions apply to transit of civilian goods and other cargo.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has made a statement regarding ongoing hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, stating that ‘it is in our common interest for peace to be restored in the region as quickly as possible. Georgia is ready to facilitate this process in any way, including by hosting a meeting of representatives of the sides of the conflict in Tbilisi for the purpose of holding a dialogue’.
French politician Laurent Wauquiez, a former leader of France's center-right Les Republicains party, has published a map supporting Karabakh as part of Armenia.
The Embassy of Armenia to Georgia has dismissed information spreading on the internet that the Georgian government is hindering fuel and humanitarian aid imports to Armenia.
Georgian officials have welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan and urge the parties to resume peace talks over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. President Salome Zurabishvili said 'lasting peace and stability is the only acceptable future for our region'.