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    Azimov: "Baku Will Not Only Disagree with Partition of Lands, but Will Also Prevent It"

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    01.04.2006 21:00 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The US should understand and Armenia should
    remember that the Azerbaijani state will not only disagree with
    partition of its lands, but will also prevent it," stated Azeri
    Deputy FM Araz Azimov. In his words, the US comes for soonest
    settlement of the conflict and is ready to activate efforts to that
    end. "Azerbaijan comes for joint peaceful residence of the Armenian
    and Azeri communities in Nagorno Karabakh and providing corresponding
    guarantees to them. I am sure Azerbaijan will attain it at a certain
    stage, as there is no other way," stated the Azeri Deputy FM.

    At that in Azimov's words, Azerbaijan is ready to display the
    corresponding flexibility in settlement of the conflict. "I say it
    also addressing my compatriots - the Armenian community living in
    Nagorno Karabakh should have self-government within certain limits. The
    Armenian party says political forces of Azerbaijan are for expelling
    Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh from the region. This is not so. We
    never objected to Armenians of NK living in this region as Azeri
    citizens. Just the contrary, we believe those people should have
    corresponding social, public and political liberties, which should
    be ensured to them," he said.

    "The Azeri community should return to NK without fail," Azimov
    said. "We are ready to shift from as a firm stand as non-recognition
    of Armenians' rights to a moderate position of ensuring their
    rights. Thus, Armenia and Azerbaijan can reach a consensus. Calling it
    in a certain way is premature now and is not important. The important
    thing is that territorial integrity of Azerbaijan should be restored
    and Armenians' rights should be ensured," he said. In Azimov's words,
    these issues were discussed with US Co-Chair of the OSCE MG Steven
    Mann in Washington, Trend reports.

    As an NKR MFA representative earlier told PanARMENIAN.Net when
    commenting of statements of the Azeri FM, Karabakh authorities have
    always come for NKR's participation in the talks over settlement of
    the conflict without preconditions. "NKR citizens have never been
    and will never be Azerbaijan's citizens.

    The Azeri MFA makes statements for domestic use and these do not
    reflect the actual state of affairs in the settlement of the Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict," the NKR MFA representative underscored.
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