Azeri speaker, Austrian chief prosecutor discuss Karabakh

ANS TV, Baku
22 Sep 04

[Presenter] Austrian Prosecutor-General Walter Presslauer, who is
visiting Baku, sees a solution to the Karabakh problem through
court. He has said this at a meeting with Azerbaijani Speaker Murtuz
Alasgarov.

[Correspondent, over video of the meeting] As a representative of the
justice system, I think that the parties to the conflict should appeal
to court to achieve the solution. The court should support justice,
Austrian Prosecutor-General Walter Presslauer told Azerbaijani Speaker
Murtuz Alasgarov. He said that the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict should
be solved in line with international legal norms.

[Presslauer, speaking German with Azeri voice-over] We hope that the
conflict will soon be resolved within the framework of the
OSCE. Displaced persons should be allowed to return homes. The
principle of inviolability of borders is Austria’s priority as well.

[Correspondent, over video] Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov said that
Azerbaijan denounces aggressive separatism and drew the guest’s
attention to the fact that international organizations have been
neglecting the Nagornyy Karabakh problem. He again criticized the
OSCE Minsk Group which is mediating a settlement of the conflict over
Nagornyy Karabakh.

[Alasgarov] In general, we are very much unhappy with the activities
of the OSCE and its Minsk Group. They should know that Armenia is an
aggressor state. If international organizations do not call a spade a
spade, then the solution is impossible.

[Correspondent, over video] Alasgarov is convinced that Austria as an
influential country in Europe, will support Azerbaijan’s just cause.

Afat Telmanqizi, Ramil Huseynov, ANS.