This is not the first time Azerbaijan's top political leadership makes nonconstructive statements and comments, which hinder the discussion of existing problems and the search for solutions, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said.

His remarks came at the January 19 meeting with MPs in the National Assembly, commenting on the latest statement of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

The Minister also stressed that public statements do not always fully or partially coincide with the approaches discussed behind closed doors.

Armenian FM said that despite Azerbaijan's stance on the final solution of the Karabakh issue and "non-existence of Nagorno-Karabakh" as such, the international community believes otherwise. They do not agree with such formulations. The next proof of that is the position of a number of countries at the OSCE Annual Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm last December. He added that they think that the Karabakh conflict exists and that it should be resolved within the OSCE Minsk Group format.