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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    October 14, 2005 Friday

    Azerbaijan still committed to peaceful Karabakh settlement - pres

    By Sevindzh Abdullayeva, Viktor Shulman

    BAKU


    Azerbaijan's President Ilkham Aliyev said his country remains
    committed to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
    as the potential of negotiations has not been exhausted.

    However, "despite all efforts, the talks remain uneventful," Aliyev
    said Friday as he addressed the participants in the fourth forum of
    young people.

    Azerbaijan can only claim certain diplomat success, because one can
    feel positive changes in the positions on the problem held by
    different international organizations. "But this success has no
    significance if there are no results," the president said.

    "As long as the opportunities of the negotiating process have not
    been exhausted, we'll be committed to a peaceful way of settling the
    conflict, but our patience is not endless," Aliyev said, adding that
    the "current situation cannot keep forever."

    "I'm sure that if we wish a just solution of the problem, we must pay
    special attention to army construction," Aliyev said.

    He noted that this thesis was among the priorities during his
    election campaign in 2003.

    Azerbaijan's defense spending in 2004 made up 170 million dollars and
    is expected to reach 600 million dollars in 2006.

    "We'll make sure that Azerbaijan's defense budget will be as big as
    the entire budget of Armenia," the president said.

    Azerbaijan will create a power army, and the occupied territories of
    the country will certainly be liberated, he stated.
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