Azerbaijan`s MFA: There are expectations that the process of Karabakh  conflict settlement will be intensified

ArmInfo. Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will allow establishing peace, security and stability in the South Caucasus region. Azerbaijan supports  substantial, constructive negotiations, which would help to drive  process from dead-lock, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry's Spokesman  Hikmet Hajiyev stated in an interview to Moscow- Baku website. 

According to him at the moment the Armenian side is studying the  process of conflict settlement, Azerbaijan on its side is ready to  further take concrete steps jointly with the OSCE MG co-chairs aimed  at the settlement of the conflict through substantial and intensive  talks, and stands for the settlement of the conflict on the basis of  norms and principles of the international law in accordance with the  resolutions of the UN Security Council. 

The Spokesperson recalled that the first meeting with the Azerbaijani  side after the change of power in Armenia was held in Brussels on  July 11 on the level of foreign ministries with the intermediary of  OSCE MG co-chairs on the sidelines of the NATO summit. The second  meeting is planned on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in  New-York also with intermediary of OSCE MG co-chairs and the Personal  Representative of OSCE Chairman -in- Office. As time shows Azerbaijan  and Armenia's Ministers hold meetings on the sidelines of the UN  General Assembly almost every year and this year will not be an  exclusion>, Hajiyev said. 

He noted that certain political processes are taking place in  Armenia, which he refused to comment.  ''Elections are planned in  Armenia. It is very important that in the long term the political  processes in this country stabilize, after which there would be  certainty and clarity, including, in the settlement of the  Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. But at the same time,  we believe that during this period consultations should continue at  the level of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, and  there should not be any restrictions that would not allow drive the  negotiations process from the dead-lock.

That is why the meeting of Azerbaijan and Armenia's foreign ministers  is planned in the near future'', Hajiyev noted. 

At the same time he once again pointed at Baku's stance on the  Karabakh issue. ''The format of the conflict settlement and the  agenda are known for all. The conflict should be settled within the  MG OSCE format with participation of the conflict sides-Armenia and  Azerbaijan. Armenian Armed Forces should be withdrawn from the  occupied territories of Azerbaijan, after which the political process  for conflict settlement can be launched'', Spokesperson of the  Azerbaijani FM stated adding that Baku welcomes Russia and OSCE MG  other countries' steps aimed at the conflict settlement.