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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    Sept 3 2011


    Azerbaijani PM: Armenia's unconstructive position once again
    demonstrated at CIS summit
    [03.09.2011 14:35]
    Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.3 / Trend /

    Armenia, which is the CIS member, commits aggression against
    Azerbaijan , holding under occupation 20 percent of the territories,
    Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade said at the CIS summit on
    Saturday . He was commenting on the Armenian President Serzh
    Sargsyan's statement, RIA Novosti reports.

    " The CIS member has committed aggression against the other country,
    occupied 20 percent of the territories, which resulted in one million
    refugees and displaced persons," Rasizade said. "I did not want to
    darken today's anniversary session, but the Armenian President's
    statement on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh forces me to do it ."

    He said Armenia's unconstructive position in the settlement of the
    difficult and protracted conflict was once again demonstrated at the
    CIS summit.

    Rasizade added that Azerbaijan will further continue to actively
    participate in the OSCE Minsk Group and support other initiatives in
    the hope of "peaceful and just resolution of this issue within the
    framework of international law".

    At the same time, Rasizade thanked the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as
    the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for efforts taken to resolve the
    conflict. He expressed the hope that these steps "will be crowned with
    success."

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
    co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
    currently holding the peace negotiations.
    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.

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