Written proposals of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs introduced to Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia

He said Azerbaijan supports the continuation of talks in 2008 in the format of the Prague process. The Foreign Minister noted that the co-chairs will visit the region once more in mid January.

Yet, he considers that the proposals of the mediators do not lay basis for the next meeting of the presidents.

Mamedyarov also announced that Azerbaijan does not see any problem with the attachment of the status of autonomy to Nagorno Garabagh: "We have mentioned more than once that if the Armenian community is ready to accept the high form of autonomy, existing in Tatarstan and Bashkiria in Russia or European countries, there will not be any problem with Azerbaijan".

The Minister touched upon the issue of coordination of the negotiated document: "The conflict must be settled step by step. We must coordinate the issue of withdrawal of troops, engagement of peacekeeping forces, establishment of communications, mine clearing of territories, return of displaced persons and conduction of donors' conference".

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