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Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Feb 2 2007
Azeri official unimpressed by OSCE mediators' efforts
AssA-Irada 03/02/2007 00:57
Baku is discontent with the activity of the OSCE mediators brokering
talks on settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh
conflict, a senior official said.
`Nevertheless, we hope that the problem will be resolved this year,'
the head of the President's Office international relations
department, Novruz Mammadov, told a local TV channel.
Mammadov noted that there is currently no other organization working
to settle the dispute more promptly and efficiently than the OSCE
Minsk Group.
`In any case, Azerbaijan will ensure its territorial integrity,' he
said and added that the path of development the country is pursuing
enables to say that the hopes will be justified.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the
signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy
Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of
international law. Despite numerous rounds of negotiations, peace
talks have been fruitless so far and refugees remain stranded.
Feb 2 2007
Azeri official unimpressed by OSCE mediators' efforts
AssA-Irada 03/02/2007 00:57
Baku is discontent with the activity of the OSCE mediators brokering
talks on settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh
conflict, a senior official said.
`Nevertheless, we hope that the problem will be resolved this year,'
the head of the President's Office international relations
department, Novruz Mammadov, told a local TV channel.
Mammadov noted that there is currently no other organization working
to settle the dispute more promptly and efficiently than the OSCE
Minsk Group.
`In any case, Azerbaijan will ensure its territorial integrity,' he
said and added that the path of development the country is pursuing
enables to say that the hopes will be justified.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the
signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy
Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of
international law. Despite numerous rounds of negotiations, peace
talks have been fruitless so far and refugees remain stranded.