YEREVAN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "When Azerbaijan is ready to return the Nagorno Karabakh's regions it has occupied and to recognize the independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, when it renounces its medieval mentality and line of action, then Baky may ask the NKR to hold discussions on issues of mutual interest". Such was the Armenian Deputy Foreign Shavarsh Kocharian's answer to the request of Azg daily to comment on the statement of the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov that allegedly "Armenia demands that Azerbaijan give it time to vacate Lachin and Kelbajar".

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