Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
June 25 2004

REPORT ON NAGORNY KARABAKH TO BE DISCUSSED ON NEXT SESSION
[June 25, 2004, 20:16:16]

Session of Political Committee of PACE was held on 24 June. The
permanent representative of Azerbaijan at the Council of Europe
ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev who was taking part in session, has given
interview to correspondent of AzerTAj. He has told:

`At the session was heard statement of the Rapporteur on Nagorny
Karabakh Terry Davis.

In my opinion, the English deputy spoke about the recognition of the
conflict, than about the report. His statement had positive
character. Having touched the statement of the President of Armenia
at session of PACE, Mr. T. Davis has expressed his attitude to R.
Kochariana’s opinion `Nagorny Karabakh never was territory of
independent Azerbaijan’, openly having declared, that in the
resolution of the United Nations was repeatedly emphasized that
`Nagorny Karabakh is the integral part of Azerbaijan’.

Speaking about negotiations in Key West, Mr. T. Davis has noted, that
there the sides really in the certain degree were close to solution
of the question, however, any document at this time has not been
signed and any arrangement not achieved.

Terry Davis, especially having emphasized, that during his visit to
Azerbaijan has visited camps of refugees and IDPs, that these people
ousted from their native lands, live in hard conditions, has informed
members of the Committee, that it is extremely serious universal
problem, that people driven from Nagorny Karabakh and adjoining to it
regions, want to return to the native lands, and has stated that the
question shortly should find its solution.

Having put forward in the statement the idea of attraction to
negotiations of the population of Nagorny Karabakh he has emphasized,
that Nagorny Karabakh all is the Azerbaijan territory, and its
inhabitants – citizens of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan, therefore, should
not refuse from negotiations with its citizens.

The English deputy has once again reminded, that works above the
report, and informed, that the report will be discussed on
forthcoming October session of pace.

On June 24, the discussions continued.