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  • BAKU: Azeri Defence Minister, US Mediator Discuss Karabakh

    AZERI DEFENCE MINISTER, US MEDIATOR DISCUSS KARABAKH

    Azeri press Agency
    4 Oct 06

    3 October, Baku: Azerbaijani Defence Minister Safar Abiyev received
    the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, yesterday [2
    October], a source at the Defence Ministry has told APA. Abiyev said
    that the Armenian-Azerbaijani talks over the Karabakh settlement,
    which have been continuing for many years, were fruitless. He said
    that the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group yielded no positive
    results so far. The defence minister said that the non-resolution
    of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was a major obstacle to the
    development of strategic Azerbaijani-US relations and recalled that
    Azerbaijani territories were occupied by Armenia.

    "Yerevan should understand that the policy conducted by Armenia is
    putting it on the edge of a precipice. Armenia is on the sidelines
    from all regional economic projects. Azerbaijan is developing in
    the economic sphere and increasing its military capacity. Armenia's
    destructive position, the occupation of our territories and the
    presence of unregistered arms and ammunition in these territories
    urge us to do this. We again state that Azerbaijan will not cede an
    inch of its territories. The conflict should be resolved within the
    framework of international laws and territorial integrity of the
    states. Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity by other
    means if the peace talks yield no results," Abiyev said.

    Bryza said that Azerbaijan was ahead of Armenia in all spheres and
    called on Azerbaijan to be patient. The co-chair informed the minister
    about his activities and added that along with co-chairmanship in the
    OSCE Minsk group, he was also involved in Europe's energy security and
    the development of US-Azerbaijani friendly relations. He said that
    Azerbaijan was an important country to the USA and it supported the
    USA in the fight against international terrorism. Bryza said that
    the international community supported a solution to the conflict
    through talks.
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