President Meets OSCE Envoy, Dicusses Karabakh
BakuToday
23/09/2004 10:45
On Tuesday, President Ilham Aliyev received Philip Dimitrov, the OSCE
chairman ‘s special envoy on Azerbaijan and Armenia. The Karabagh
conflict was the topic of discussion.
AssA-Irada/BT — Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over
Karabakh and Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territories, President
Aliyev noted that the conflict creates great obstacles for ensuring
peace and stability in the entire region. Aliyev stressed that
Azerbaijan’s position towards the conflict remains unchanged. The
problem should be settled within international legal norms and
principles of the territorial integrity and inviolability of borders,
he said.
The Azerbaijani President noted that the conflict will never be solved
if there is another approach to the issue. Peace and security will be
ensured in the region and the country’s economy rapidly developed if
the Karabakh conflict is solved, he stressed.
President Aliyev underscored that international organizations are more
interested in peaceful settlement of the conflict. Expressing his
disappointment with the failure of the OSCE Minsk Group to solve the
conflict so far, Aliyev voiced a hope that the Minsk Group will step
up its efforts in this respect.
Dimitrov, in his turn, underlined that the meetings of Azerbaijani and
Armenian presidents play a great role in the peaceful resolution of
the Karabakh conflict. He voiced a hope that the conflicting sides
will step up their efforts to settle the conflict.