Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed with the Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov the latest statements made by the Armenian leadership on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Interfax reports.

'Recent statements by the leadership of Armenia are not aimed at peace. For example, the last statement of the head of the National Security Service. I spoke on the matter today by telephone with the Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,' Mammadyarov said at a press-conference on Tuesday.

The foreign minister asked the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák to ask the Armenian leadership the following question during his visit to Yerevan next week: 'Will we prepare our people for peace or for another direction?'

'The OSCE Minsk Group is the only negotiation format recognised by all parties to the conflict. Any change in this format must be agreed with the opposite side,' said M.Lajčák, in his turn.