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    ALIYEV URGES EU TO SEND TERSE MESSAGE TO ARMENIA

    Assa-Irada
    March 11 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called on the European
    Union to send a clear-cut message to aggressor Armenia.We believe
    that the countries cooperating with us, and the EU in particular,
    should continue their efforts aimed atsettling the Upper (Nagorno)
    Garabagh conflict, Aliyev told a joint news conference after hosting
    his Bulgariancounterpart Georgi Parvanov on Monday. A very explicit
    and clear message should be sent to the aggressor nation thatUpper
    Garabagh will never be independent and that no country will ever
    recognize its independence. President Aliyevsaid that only in this
    case is there hope for speeding up talks on resolving the long-lasting
    dispute between the twoSouth Caucasus republics. Upper Garabagh is
    an Azeri region occupied by Armenia since a 1994 cease-fire ended
    separatisthostilities that killed an estimated 30,000 people and
    ousted about a million Azeris out of their homes.

    Years ofOSCE-brokered peace talks have brought little tangible
    result. Ways of solving the Garabagh problem topped the agenda ofthe
    two leaders one-on-one and broad discussions on the first day of
    President Parvanovs three-day working visit toAzerbaijan. Azerbaijan
    stated its position once again that the conflict must be settled
    strictly within the countrysterritorial integrity and our people who
    were subject to the policy of ethnic cleansing must unconditionally
    return totheir native land, Aliyev said. Parvanov said his country had
    clearly stated during its chairmanship in the OSCE thatit recognized
    Upper Garabagh as part of Azerbaijan. You probably remember well that
    we informed Azerbaijan of thisstance. The [mediating] Minsk Group is
    aware of our position. As an EU member state, we remain committed to
    it at the EUas well, the Bulgarian leader said.
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