Baku, Azerbaijan, May 18
Trend:
Azerbaijan has agreed to strengthen the ceasefire regime to continue future negotiations at the meeting in Vienna, said in an interview with ANS TV channel Novruz Mammadov, deputy head of Azerbaijani presidential administration, chief of the administration's foreign relations department.
Most importantly, to continue to respect the ceasefire regime, to begin negotiations next month, he added.
Commenting on the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on the expansion of duties of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative, Mammadov said that there couldn't be any significant changes in Andrzej Kasprzyk's duties.
He said it was the Minsk Group's position and Azerbaijan has not taken any obligations regarding the issue.
Regarding the Armenian president's statements, Mammadov said that Armenian side must withdraw from occupied Azerbaijani lands in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council.
He added that the faster Armenia does this, the better off it will be.