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RUSSIA ADVOCATES PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT - GENERAL STAFF CHIEF
Interfax, Russia
April 7 2014
BAKU. April 7
Russia advocates a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, chief of Russia's General Staff, General of the Army Valery
Gerasimov said during talks with Azeri Defense Minister Col. General
Zakir Hasanov on Monday.
"We discussed further military-technical cooperation, and prospects
of broadening it. Among the main tasks to be fulfilled by Russia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia is that of settling the Karabakh problem one
way or another in order to move on and rule out military ways of
tackling it," Gerasimov said.
The Azeri defense minister said that Russian-Azeri military
cooperation has been developing at a high level and in all areas,
including military development, education and implementation of
military-technical projects.
A great deal of work has been done in this direction in recent years.
The Azeri armed forces are receiving modern weapons, tanks, combat
vehicles and artillery systems from Russia, all of which strengthen
our country's defense capability," Hasanov said.
The talks also dealt with the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"I hope that Russia, as a co-chair of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group, will facilitate a peaceful
settlement," Hasanov said.
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Interfax, Russia
April 7 2014
BAKU. April 7
Russia advocates a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, chief of Russia's General Staff, General of the Army Valery
Gerasimov said during talks with Azeri Defense Minister Col. General
Zakir Hasanov on Monday.
"We discussed further military-technical cooperation, and prospects
of broadening it. Among the main tasks to be fulfilled by Russia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia is that of settling the Karabakh problem one
way or another in order to move on and rule out military ways of
tackling it," Gerasimov said.
The Azeri defense minister said that Russian-Azeri military
cooperation has been developing at a high level and in all areas,
including military development, education and implementation of
military-technical projects.
A great deal of work has been done in this direction in recent years.
The Azeri armed forces are receiving modern weapons, tanks, combat
vehicles and artillery systems from Russia, all of which strengthen
our country's defense capability," Hasanov said.
The talks also dealt with the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"I hope that Russia, as a co-chair of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group, will facilitate a peaceful
settlement," Hasanov said.
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