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Interfax
Oct 7 2004
Baku concerned over Armenians settling in Nagorno-Karabakh
Baku. (Interfax-Azerbaijan) - Azerbaijan has accused the Armenian
authorities of trying to artificially change the demographic
situation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by settling its
citizens in the area.
"Azerbaijan thinks that the goal of this policy is to change the
demographic situation in the region and build on the results of
ethnic cleansing as a result of Armenia's aggression against
Azerbaijan," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Metin Mirza told
a news conference in Baku on Thursday.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is working with certain
international organizations in an effort to put this issue on the
international agenda, he said.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov met with the heads of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's missions in
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in Baku earlier this week, Mirza
said.
"During these meetings, Mammedyarov told the missions' heads that
Azerbaijan is opposed [to Armenians settling in Nagorno-Karabakh]. It
was noted that due to the present situation, it is necessary to
continue to keep a close eye on this issue and to do everything
possible to prevent Armenians from settling in Azerbaijan's occupied
territories in an artificial manner," he said.
Oct 7 2004
Baku concerned over Armenians settling in Nagorno-Karabakh
Baku. (Interfax-Azerbaijan) - Azerbaijan has accused the Armenian
authorities of trying to artificially change the demographic
situation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by settling its
citizens in the area.
"Azerbaijan thinks that the goal of this policy is to change the
demographic situation in the region and build on the results of
ethnic cleansing as a result of Armenia's aggression against
Azerbaijan," Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Metin Mirza told
a news conference in Baku on Thursday.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is working with certain
international organizations in an effort to put this issue on the
international agenda, he said.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov met with the heads of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's missions in
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in Baku earlier this week, Mirza
said.
"During these meetings, Mammedyarov told the missions' heads that
Azerbaijan is opposed [to Armenians settling in Nagorno-Karabakh]. It
was noted that due to the present situation, it is necessary to
continue to keep a close eye on this issue and to do everything
possible to prevent Armenians from settling in Azerbaijan's occupied
territories in an artificial manner," he said.