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    Turan News Agency, Azerbaijan
    February 25, 2008


    AZERBAIJAN BACKS TURKEY'S FIGHT AGAINST PKK

    Baku, 25 February: Azerbaijan supports Turkey's antiterrorist
    operations against the Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK) in northern
    Iraq, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Xazar Ibrahim
    told a briefing today.

    The PKK has been recognized as a terrorist organization by various
    states and there is an international fight againstit. Ibrahim also
    said there were reports about deployment of Kurdish terrorists in
    Nagornyy Karabakh. Ibrahim said that "Azerbaijan will defend its
    national security".

    Expressing his attitude towards illegal settlement in Azerbaijani
    territories, Ibrahim said that settling in theoccupied lands and
    purchasing property there is the same as frittering money away. Until
    the conflict is settled, Bakuwill assess these deals as a crime,
    Ibrahim added.
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