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    AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES FINAL REPORT FOR 2009

    Today
    http://www.today.az/news/politics/5949 3.html
    Jan 14 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has issued a final for 2009 for the media.

    The report says that international processes that took place in the
    world in 2009 were marked by high dynamics and aggravation of global
    challenges.

    General situation of world politics was characterized by instability.

    Thus, the reporting period saw the highest phase of the global
    financial crisis. Apart from this, the last year also saw trends
    towards re-grouping of centers of power and influence in the world
    community.

    With regard to settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict, the report noted that 2009 was distinguished by intensity
    of the negotiations.

    "Six meetings were held between Azerbaijan and Armenian presidents
    through the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs' mediation efforts over the
    reporting period. All these point to intensity of the negotiating
    process. In the meantime, the international community had quite high
    interest to in resolution process."

    "The international community realized inadmissibility of preserving
    the status quo in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
    the it said in a report.

    In addition, the report highlights the statement by the presidents
    of the co-chairs countries of OSCE Minsk Group made during the Group
    of Eight meeting in the Italian city of Aquila on July 10.

    It also emphasizes the joint statement the representatives of the OSCE
    Minsk and the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia adopted at
    the Council of Foreign Ministers of OSCE in Athens on Dec. 1.

    "Azerbaijan's position in resolution of the Karabakh conflict is
    unambiguous - the conflict must be resolved within the framework of
    the sovereignty, territorial integrity and internationally recognized
    borders of Azerbaijan. This position is based on international
    norms and principles, the UN Charter, the Helsinki resolutions and
    international documents adopted on resolution of the conflict,"
    the report said.

    Negotiations on settlement of the conflict are directed at coordination
    of details proceeding from these principles, the Foreign Ministry
    notes.

    "In 2009, in different directions Azerbaijan moved to the tactics of
    attack in the legal application of the principle of self-determination
    taking into account the territorial integrity and country's flexible
    export policy has promoted country's leading role in the energy
    transport in the region."

    "Last year, the country continued to its contribution to global
    challenges, international efforts to combat threats and risks and
    further strengthened existing basis for cooperation with the European
    Union and NATO," the report said.

    The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry also noted growing political
    credibility and importance of Azerbaijan in the Islamic world, and
    strengthening relations with the Turkic states in the past year.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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