Azeri FM signals 'better understanding' after Brussels talks

"The meeting was pretty constructive, because we started to understand more clearly the basic elements on which we cannot find the common ground," Elmar Mammadyarov told the RFE/RL Azeri Service.

"It is important for to understand the vision of Armenia for the future. I am really glad that Armenia also signed the Action Plan of the European Neighborhood Policy. This means they [Armenians] share the same European values, which definitely brings forward the idea that if you want to be a member of the European community, you cannot occupy the territory of another state, cannot conduct ethnic cleansings, because this is not the way Europe lives," the Azeri foreign minister said.

"If we move in this direction it will become clear that there is no chance that using the Kalashnikov machine-gun you can change the border or it can be a means for expelling the people from the homes of their region and deciding the future of the territory. This is not the way the international world is living now," Mammadyarov concluded. RFE/RL