Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 10 /Trend, E.Tariverdiyeva/
In any case, the negotiations are better than nothing, since this is dynamics, process, where the sides sound their positions, the Azerbaijani political scientist, member of Trend Expert Council Fikret Sadikhov said, commenting on the Sochi meeting between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia.
"At the meeting, our leader Ilham Aliyev presented Baku's position to the negotiating parties - Yerevan and Moscow, and they were able to understand all of our concerns over the situation, which derives from the current status quo," Sadikhov told Trend.
As known, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a working visit to Sochi city upon the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's invitation on Aug.9.
During the visit, the Presidents appreciated the bilateral relations and cooperation established between the Azerbaijani Republic and Russian Federation and expressed their determination to continue efforts in this regard, Head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov told Trend on Wednesday, commenting on the results of Sochi meeting of Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia on Tuesday.
The recent talks of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents over the Nagorno-Karabakh problem were held upon Russia's initiative in June in Sochi. This was the eighth trilateral meeting.
According to Sadikhov, the Azerbaijani side was able to reasonably and objectively explain to the negotiating parties that in spite of the tolerance and patience, Baku is principle in the matters of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and will never make it negotiable.
This is the main result of the negotiations, he said. According to him, it is important to appreciate Medvedev's role, his involvement in this process and interest in the results.
"I think that Moscow is interested in the positive outcome of the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, since the security in the neighboring region is important for Russia. First of all, the Kremlin has never made a secret to protect the interests of its ally in the region - Armenia," he said.
On the other hand, he said, Russia wants to in parallel develop and intensify relations with Azerbaijan, which turns into an important regional player, with whom Russia is linked in many spheres of cooperation.
"In this context, we would like Russia to be more objective in mediation and that its position would be based not only on its vision of the situation in the region, but also on the international law and the decisions and resolutions adopted by international institutions, and statements of the leaders of the other two co-chairman countries of the OSCE Minsk Group," Sadikhov said.
Russia, he said, should logically justify its decisions, offer breakthrough solutions, breakthrough ideas, initiatives that could help end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and contribute to the restoration of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.