Azerbaijan ready for Karabakh talks

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a meeting with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Pierre Andrieu (France), Igor Popov (Russia) and James Warlick (U.S.) - and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andzej Kasprzyk today that Azerbaijan was ready for serious talks on a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports. 

He said that the withdrawal of the Armenian Armed Forces from Azerbaijan would be essential for the negotiating process and gaining trust. 

Mammadyarov noted that Armenia should leave the territories according to international law and four resolutions of the UN Security Council. 

The Azerbaijani minister and the OSCE officials discussed the action plan for peace agreements and exchanged opinions about the negotiating prospects.