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AZERI LEADER CALLS FOR STRONGER ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY
Interfax, Russia
July 9 2014
Baku, July 9, Interfax - Azerbaijan will always defend the interests
of Islamic countries at all international organizations, said the
country's president, Ilham Aliyev.
"For our part we do and will protect the interests of the Muslim
countries at all international organizations of which we are a member,"
Aliyev said at a meeting with accredited ambassadors and heads of
diplomatic missions of Islamic states on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan and Islamic countries are already successfully supporting
one another on the international arena, especially at the United
Nations, he said.
"Mutual support at the UN strenghtens our position, as justice
demands. Especially, the support by Muslim countries at the UN on
the issue of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is particularly
satisfying," said the head of state.
The Karabakh conflict is one of few on which the UN Security Council
has passed four resolutions demanding a withdrawal of Armenian troops
from the occupied Azeri lands, Aliyev said. "So of course the backing
of the Azeri position is both a manifestation of respect for the
international law and an example of brotherhood and friendship,"
the president said.
He recalled that at a meeting with the country's ambassadors earlier
this week he called the relations with the countries of the Muslim
world one of Baku's foreign-policy priorities.
"We must all try and strengthen the Islamic solidarity and strengthen
the unity of the Muslim countries even further," Aliyev said.
Azerbaijan is increasing its role in the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation and making its practical contribution into raising the
international prestige of this organization, the president said.
He said Azerbaijan will try to use its current presidency in
the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to strengthen the
inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.
"There is a great need for it. Regrettably, some European countries
lack adequate approach towards Islamophobia. Anti-Muslim trends
in certain countries are on the rise, with governments not taking
adequate measures. For our part we are trying to broadly inform
the European public about the Islamic culture, religion, history,
and show that Islam is a religion of peace and mercy," Aliyev said.
He praised the current level of humanitarian relations with Muslim
countries and said he would like economic ones to be at the similarly
high level.
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Interfax, Russia
July 9 2014
Baku, July 9, Interfax - Azerbaijan will always defend the interests
of Islamic countries at all international organizations, said the
country's president, Ilham Aliyev.
"For our part we do and will protect the interests of the Muslim
countries at all international organizations of which we are a member,"
Aliyev said at a meeting with accredited ambassadors and heads of
diplomatic missions of Islamic states on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan and Islamic countries are already successfully supporting
one another on the international arena, especially at the United
Nations, he said.
"Mutual support at the UN strenghtens our position, as justice
demands. Especially, the support by Muslim countries at the UN on
the issue of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is particularly
satisfying," said the head of state.
The Karabakh conflict is one of few on which the UN Security Council
has passed four resolutions demanding a withdrawal of Armenian troops
from the occupied Azeri lands, Aliyev said. "So of course the backing
of the Azeri position is both a manifestation of respect for the
international law and an example of brotherhood and friendship,"
the president said.
He recalled that at a meeting with the country's ambassadors earlier
this week he called the relations with the countries of the Muslim
world one of Baku's foreign-policy priorities.
"We must all try and strengthen the Islamic solidarity and strengthen
the unity of the Muslim countries even further," Aliyev said.
Azerbaijan is increasing its role in the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation and making its practical contribution into raising the
international prestige of this organization, the president said.
He said Azerbaijan will try to use its current presidency in
the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers to strengthen the
inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.
"There is a great need for it. Regrettably, some European countries
lack adequate approach towards Islamophobia. Anti-Muslim trends
in certain countries are on the rise, with governments not taking
adequate measures. For our part we are trying to broadly inform
the European public about the Islamic culture, religion, history,
and show that Islam is a religion of peace and mercy," Aliyev said.
He praised the current level of humanitarian relations with Muslim
countries and said he would like economic ones to be at the similarly
high level.
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