BAKU. – Azerbaijan FM Elmar Mammadyarov stated his country’s readiness to sign a peace agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but with preconditions.

“Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed the current status of the negotiation process around the settlement of conflict at the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in Paris,” press service of the Azerbaijan MFA told APA news agency of Azerbaijan that Ministry Spokesperson Elman Abdullayev had said this.

At the meeting the concern was expressed over the unsettlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“Minister Elmar Mammadyarov reiterating the readiness of Azerbaijani side to sign Comprehensive Peace Agreement underlined, first and foremost, the necessity of withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from occupied territories of Azerbaijan for advancement of peace,” APA also reported.

To note, the aforementioned “territories” refer to the safety zone around the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and this zone is under the control of the NKR Defense Army.

The meeting was held on Monday. Co-Chairs from France, Russia and United States - Jacques Faure, Igor Popov and James Warlick - and Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, attended the meeting.