YEREVAN. – Hungary’s extradition of Ramil Safarov and his being granted pardon in Azerbaijan very badly impact the negotiating process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia’s FM Edward Nalbandian stated during his joint news conference Tuesday with Argentinean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Héctor Marcos Timerman. 

“Overall, this incident has a very bad affect on regional stability and security. But it is not Armenia which attempts to leave the negotiations, to fail the talks; these are done by Azerbaijan, and one of the very causes for this arrangement is that Azerbaijan continues those attempts,” Nalbandian noted and added: “It is Azerbaijan that rejects all the proposals by the [OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs]. You know our response to those proposals.”     

As per Nalbandian, “that practice which Azerbaijan manifests for years on end is aimed at failing the talks.” 

“What’s most important is for the international community to not tolerate, to not permit Azerbaijan to continue this venturesome policy under the guise of negotiation process,” Armenia’s FM stated.