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    Azer News, Azerbaijan
    July 1 2004

    CE Secretary General confirms Garabagh part of Azerbaijan

    The Council of Europe (CE) Political Committee held discussions on
    Upper Garabagh on Thursday. Terry Davis, newly elected CE Secretary
    General, presented a report on the issue. According to a member of
    the CE Parliamentary Assembly representation in Azerbaijan Asim
    Mollazada, who attended the meeting, Davis said in his statement that
    Azerbaijani territories are under occupation and emphasized that
    Azerbaijan is included into the United Nations (UN) together with
    Upper Garabagh. In his speech at the Council of Europe on 23 June
    Armenian President Kocharian maintained that "Garabagh has never been
    part of independent Azerbaijan".

    He said that at the time of collapse of the Soviet Union two states
    were allegedly formed: the Azerbaijani Republic on the territory of
    the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and the Republic of Upper
    Garabagh on the territory of the Upper Garabagh Autonomous Region.
    Mollazada said that the report presented by Davis disclosed
    Kocharian's attempt to deceive the Council of Europe and the entire
    international community. Davis said talks on settling the conflict
    are underway. He went on to say that the last elections in Azerbaijan
    and Armenia led to a delay in the talks. He also spoke of the
    activity of the OSCE Minsk Group. Speaking at the meeting, Mollazada
    stated that the biggest obstacle to settling the Garabagh conflict is
    Kocharian himself, as he is not interested in a settlement meeting
    international legal norms. "The policy pursued by Armenia and
    Kocharian is based on an aspiration to acquire legal and political
    support for occupation", he concluded. Davis's written report on
    Upper Garabagh is expected to be discussed at the CE Political
    Committee on September 14. Although Davis will prepare the report
    himself, it will most likely be presented by the Committee chairman
    Yakich. The report will be discussed at the PACE January session.

    Court threat
    At a Friday meeting of the Milli Majlis (parliament) Azerbaijani MPs
    reacted to Kocharian's words. MP Mais Safarli called upon the
    parliament not to remain indifferent to the Armenian President's
    speech at the Council of Europe. He proposed that an appeal be sent
    to the international court to arraign Kocharian. Supporting Safarli's
    proposal, MP Jahangir Huseynov noted that it was necessary to adopt
    the appeal by the end of the parliamentary session. Other MPs
    stressed that an appeal to bring the Armenian president to court
    should be sent not only to the international court and organizations
    but also to those countries that support Armenia's policy of
    aggression. Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov underlined that there were
    enough grounds to arraign Kocharian and said that appropriate legal
    documents would be compiled for the purpose.

    OSCE PA to discuss Garabagh conflict
    Upper Garabagh will be on the agenda of the OSCE Parliamentary
    Assembly (PA) session to open on July 4, Speaker of the Milli Majlis
    (parliament) Murtuz Alasgarov told a Friday meeting of the
    parliament. Eldar Ibrahimov and Sattar Safarov, members of the
    Azerbaijani delegation at the OSCE PA, will attend the session.
    Underlining that the Council of Europe has already recognized Armenia
    as an aggressor, Alasgarov said that the OSCE, which is directly
    involved in the settlement of the Upper Garabagh conflict, had not
    yet adopted a relevant decision on the matter. The Speaker stressed
    that it was high time to demand the OSCE pass decisions and
    resolutions recognizing Armenia as an aggressor.
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