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    RUSSIA OPEN FOR MILITARY COOPERATION WITH AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR

    Trend News Agency
    July 8 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Russia is prepared to military cooperation with Azerbaijan. "Russia is
    open for military cooperation with Azerbaijan. However, presenting of
    any military 'toy' exclusively to Azerbaijan is out of question,"
    Vasiliy Istratov, the Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan, told
    journalists on 8 July.

    The Defense Ministries of Azerbaijan and Russia have an agreement on
    bilateral cooperation. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry cooperates
    with 50 countries.

    The ambassador said that Russia is prepared to render maximal
    assistance to find a solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani
    conflict. However, the military cooperation does not mean military
    assistance to Azerbaijan in the settlement of the conflict, the
    diplomat said.

    The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
    in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
    1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
    the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
    1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
    time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
    Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
    negotiations.
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