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    Int'l attention to Nagorno-Karabakh problem may help solve it

    16.05.2005, 20.54

    WARSAW, May 16 (Itar-Tass) - International attention to the problem
    of Nagorno-Karabakh may help solve it, Azerbaijan's President Ilkham
    Aliyev said on Monday, addressing the meeting of the Council of Europe
    in Warsaw.

    He said Azerbaijan "is ready for a compromise, for granting a high
    level of autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh and ensuring security of the
    citizens of the region." Baku and Yerevan, Aliyev believes, "may
    achieve progress regarding the territorial integrity of our country."

    "We demand the restoration of the territorial integrity," Aliyev
    said. "In the 21st century it is impossible to remain in the
    situation when one member-country of the Council of Europe occupies
    the territory of another country." Meanwhile the Azeri president noted
    that Baku "is heartened by the approach of the Council of Europe to
    the matter." He believes it is possible to achieve a peaceful solution
    by the implementation of the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly
    of the Council of Europe that was passed in January of this year.

    Aliyev noted, "The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh led to large loss of
    life, to the occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, to
    the violation of one of the principles of the Council of Europe - human
    rights." "The European Union, the Council of Europe, the Organization
    for Security and Cooperation in Europe should give more attention to
    the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh that destabilizes the situation in the
    Caucasus and is an obstacle to Azerbaijan's integration into Europe,"
    Aliyev said. "We are for a peaceful settlement of the conflict and we
    fulfil all the obligations we assumed entering the Council of Europe,"
    he said.
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