Time to start serious work on Karabakh conflict settlement – Azerbaijani FM

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 30 Trend: The time has come to start serious work on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said June 30. He made the remarks at a briefing following the talks with OSCE chairperson, foreign minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “We discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” Mammadyarov said. “Steinmeier informed me about Armenia's position on the issue.” Azerbaijan unambiguously demands withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from its occupied territories, Mammadyarov said, adding that the time has come to change the status quo, the preservation of which is unacceptable.