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    AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE CHIEF WARNS OF MILITARY SOLUTION IF ARMENIAN OCCUPATION PERSISTS

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    Oct 2 2013

    2 October 2013, 20:21 (GMT+05:00)

    By Sara Rajabova

    Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev has said in a meeting with
    Greek Ambassador Dimitrios Tsoungas that Azerbaijan's military will
    free the occupied territories if Armenia fails to relinquish its
    policy of invasion soon, the ministry said on October 2.

    According to Abiyev, international organizations, leading European
    countries and the OSCE Minsk Group should intensify their efforts
    aimed at a negotiated settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
    otherwise, unwanted and serious problems may emerge in the region.

    For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in
    conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims. Since
    a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million
    Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
    of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including
    Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council's
    four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal have not been enforced to
    this day.

    Noting that the war is still not over, Abiyev said that Armenia must
    withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani territories.

    During the meeting, Abiyev also emphasized the importance of the
    development of Azerbaijan-Greece relations.

    Ambassador Tsoungas said he will make every effort to strengthen
    cooperation between the two countries in all areas.

    The parties also exchanged views on other issues during the meeting.

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