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  • BAKU: Azerbaijan, Iran Set to Coop in Nat'l Sec., Antiterror Fight

    AZERBAIJAN, IRAN SET TO COOPERATE IN NATIONAL SECURITY, ANTITERROR FIGHT

    Turan news agency
    27 Jan 05

    BAKU

    "The Azerbaijani Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran will make
    effort to make the Caspian a region of peace, stability, good
    neighbourhood and cooperation," says a joint statement for the press
    on the results of the official visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham
    Aliyev signed by the presidents of the two countries in Tehran
    yesterday (26 January).

    The document notes: "The sides stressed the importance of continuing
    constructive dialogue to coordinate the convention on the legal status
    of the Caspian based on consensus among the Caspian littoral states
    and expressed in this connection their wish to boost efforts of the
    special working group comprising deputy foreign ministers of the
    Caspian states."

    In addition, the statement stresses that it is important that the
    framework convention on protection of the marine environment of the
    Caspian signed by all the Caspian states in Tehran in 2003 is ratified
    and comes into force as soon as possible.

    The sides intend to continue close bilateral and multilateral
    cooperation "with the aim of strengthening the international
    political, economic and legal order based on sovereign equality and
    territorial integrity of all countries, non-interference in their
    domestic affairs" and other accepted international legal norms.

    Baku and Tehran confirm their readiness to continue cooperation within
    the framework of the UN and its bodies, the Organization of Islamic
    Conference (OIC) and other world and regional international
    organizations.

    The sides noted with satisfaction that the current contractual basis
    serves as a reliable ground that ensures the comprehensive development
    of relations between the two countries.

    Azerbaijan and Iran also intend to cooperate in the fight against new
    global threats such as international terrorism, illegal trade in
    drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, transnational organized
    crime, human trafficking and illegal arms trade.

    The sides once again stressed that the UN and OIC resolutions on the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict have to be implemented and this problem
    should be resolved "based on sovereignty, territorial integrity and
    inviolability of the borders of the Azerbaijani Republic".

    The statement also stresses the sides' intentions "to cooperate in the
    field of national security and in accordance with individual
    agreements, to facilitate ties between corresponding structures of the
    two countries".
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