BAKU. Jan 25 (Interfax) - Azeri television on Saturday quoted the Azeri president's chief of staff as saying Azerbaijan "will apparently have to look for other ways" if the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict proves impossible to settle through talks.
"We are trying to resolve the conflict in a peaceful way. If a peaceful resolution of the conflict is not found, we will apparently have to look for other ways. We must liberate our lands. We will not give our lands to anyone as a gift," Ramiz Mekhtiyev, President Ilham Aliyev's chief of staff, was quoted by ANS channel as saying.
Mekhtiyev was speaking in connection with a planned meeting in Sochi, Russia, on Monday between Aliyev and the presidents of Armenia and Russia, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev.
"I believe that our people are prepared for the resolution of the problem in appropriate form. Naturally, we are trying to resolve this problem in a peaceful way, and President Ilham Aliyev is making numerous attempts to that end, he is holding meetings, he is working," Mekhtiyev said.