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    ELMAR MAMMADYAROV: "AZERBAIJAN HASN'T LOST HOPE FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF THE CONFLICT"

    APA
    Dec 9 2011
    Azerbaijan

    Baku-APA. Brussels-based Security and Defense Agenda jointly with
    the Azerbaijani Communications Office organized debate on topic
    "A conversation with Foreign Minister".

    Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (AVCIYA) told
    APA that more than 110 representatives of Brussels-based international
    organization, NGOs, media and diplomatic corpses attended the event.

    During the debate Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov informed about
    Azerbaijan's way after achievement its independence 20 years ago,
    its achieving the status of active country in the international
    scene, the establishment of relations with neighboring countries in
    energy and other spheres, current situation of the determination of
    legal status of the Caspian Sea and of Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict, EU-Azerbaijan and NATO-Azerbaijan relations. Saying
    that Azerbaijan rendered assistance to the western countries and
    NATO alliance by deployment military contingent in Afghanistan and
    participation in humanitarian programs, "a strong conviction" that
    the international community must continue to support the war-torn
    country beyond NATO's 2014 pull-out.

    The representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament
    and various Centers of the Strategic Studies asked the questions to
    the minister about Azerbaijan's economy, its role in energy security
    of Europe, the increase of Europe's role in the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict, Mammadyarov said that the conflict was the most painful
    and foreground issue for Azerbaijan and noted that Azerbaijan hasn't
    lost hope for peaceful settlement of the conflict. He underlined that
    "compared to what we can achieve through peaceful solution, the life
    of even a young soldier is a high price to be paid". Mammadyarov
    also gave an online interview to Bloomberg TV. The interview's video
    can be found in the website of the "Washington Post" newspaper. The
    "World Street Journal" has prepared the large article on the interview.

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