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    BAKU WILL NOT WAIT ETERNALLY FOR LIBERATION OF OCCUPIED ...

    Interfax News Agency, Russia
    April 18 2008

    Proposals of mediators in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement provide
    for liberating the occupied Azeri territories, Azeri President Ilkham
    Aliyev said on Friday.

    "The current proposals by mediators in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
    provide for the liberation of all occupied Azeri territories;
    however, we are not going to wait eternally until the proposals are
    fulfilled," Aliyev said visiting five new camps for displaced people
    in Azerbaijan's Fizuli district.

    "The talks have been underway for 14 years. But for how long will we
    participate in them and put up with the injustice?!" Aliyev said.

    The proposals on the negotiating table provide for the unconditional
    liberation of five out of seven Nagorno-Karabakh districts, while
    the Lachin and Kalbajar must be returned to Azerbaijan shortly after,
    the president said.

    The international community backs Azerbaijan, and a recent UN General
    Assembly's resolution is proof of this, he said. But Armenia does
    not attach importance to this, Aliyev said.

    They seem to agree with co-chairmen's proposals, but in fact they
    continue to illegally populate the Lachin district, the president said.

    Aliyev also said that he visited the contact line before making the
    speech. There, I was convinced once again that our army is capable of
    solving any task, and the increase in military expenditures moves us
    closer to this goal. The Azeri army is today the strongest one in the
    region: both from the viewpoint of professional training and material
    and technical provision, Aliyev said.

    Defense expenditures are the most important item of the state budget,
    which is natural for a country in war, the president said. There
    will be another increase in military expenditures soon. I think that
    military expenditure should be about $2 billion, Aliyev said.

    As yet Azerbaijan continues the talks, but they have been futile over
    the past 14 years, he said.

    We are taking part in the talks, because we hope to restore the
    country's territorial integrity by peaceful means. At the same time
    we all must know that the talks cannot be eternal, the president said.

    This issue should be clarified in the next several months, Aliyev
    said, adding that everything will depend on whether the Armenian
    position changes.

    I would like to hope that international mediators and the Armenian
    side will understand that the policy of occupation has no future,
    Aliyev said.
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