Press Secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan reminded Azerbaijan of the statement by Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan: “The withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh is out of the question unless Azerbaijan agrees to recognize Karabak’s status.”

According to Azerbaijani mass media, at a July 15 press conference, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov stated Azerbaijan agrees to the OSCE Minsk Group proposal for the “return of the Kalbajar and Lachin regions in the course of five years.”