President Ilham Aliyev in his New Years’ message to the Azerbaijani peoples says that “the international community and the sides directly involved” in talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not been willing to “speak openly and with one voice” about the fact that Armenia is “the guilty party” in terms of the occupation and of the delay in reaching a settlement in terms of international law (http://news.day.az/politics/307426.html).
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov says that “Azerbaijan plans to broaden its ties with the Commission of the African Union and with the countries of Africa” (http://news.day.az/politics/309387.html).
Asef Hajiyev, a Milli Majlis deputy, says that “any confrontation in Iran will generate a wave of refugees” (http://news.day.az/politics/308053.html).
