Official Baku qualified as «reasonable» the statement of Vice-Premier, Defense Minister of Russia Sergey Ivanov on possible deployment of peacekeeping contingent in the zone of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict «in the foreseeable future.» The head of the Information Department of the Azeri MFA Tahir Tagizadeh considers this statement an evidence of interests towards the Karabakh settlement. When commenting on the statement of the Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Tagizadeh also noted that the possibility to deploy peacekeepers is provided for by one of the components of settlement under discussion by the parties of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
«The 8-10 components of the settlement, being discussed, include complex security measures. Deployment of peacekeepers cannot be ruled out within that complex,» the Azeri MFA representative said.
At that the diplomat noted that according to a preliminary agreement between the parties, the peacekeeping contingent in the Karabakh conflict zone should not be composed of forces representing the region or the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Russia, US and France), reports Interfax-Azerbaijan.
