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    Azerbaijan News Service
    March 18 2005

    AZERBAIJAN SATISFIED WITH THE FINAL REPORT OF OSCE FACT-FINDING
    MISSION
    2005-03-18 20:00

    About 16 000 Armenians have been settled in Azerbaijani territories
    occupied by Armenia. This fact has officially been affirmed. The
    final report of OSCE's mission that held monitoring of illegal
    settlement of Armenians in occupied Azerbaijani territories shows the
    number of settled Armenians as follows: 8000-11000 men in
    Lachin,1500-2000 in Kelbedjer,1000 in Agdam,1000 in Zengilan,1500 in
    Qubadli,10 in Fizuli and 100 persons in Djabrail.But these figures
    don't reflect the reality. According to Araz Azimov, special
    representative of the president of the Azerbaijan Republic, the
    separatist regime in Daqliq Qarabaq tried to hinder the work of
    monitoring group of OSCE making such excuses as the roads are in bad
    condition and are mined. Besides the mission noticed closed, but
    newly repaired houses. Araz Azimov, special representative of
    Azerbaijani president on Daqliq Qarabaq issue, Armenian side removed
    the residents beforehand. Though the separatist regime in Daqliq
    Qarabaq more that once denied settlement program of Armenians in
    occupied Azerbaijani lands in state level, some facts in the report
    of the mission confirms that the settlement program is realized in
    high level. It is noted in the report that changes in infrastructure
    in residential areas are made not in individual but state level. The
    letter of OSCE co-chairmen was sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
    Azerbaijan as well as copy of the report. In their letter, OSCE
    co-chairmen called to stop Armenian settlement in occupied
    Azerbaijani lands, expedite the talks, discuss the settlement problem
    and prevent the changes to be made in demographic structure of the
    region. Co-chairmen also called the sides to help the concerned
    communities to come to contact to preserve cultural legacy, hly
    places including cemeteries in the regions damaged as the result of
    conflict. At the same time OSCE co-chairmen proposed donor
    organizations to allocate money to move Armenians settled in occupied
    Azerbaijani lands back to their homes. Official Baku's further steps
    to prevent settlement program will be based on this proposal of the
    co-chairmen. According to Araz Azimov, illegal settlement of
    Armenians in occupied Azerbaijani lands will be discussed in 59th and
    60th sessions of OSCE General Assembly.
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