AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Nov 27 2004

DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS BRIEFING
[November 27, 2004, 15:24:48]

On November 26, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov held
briefing on the debates over the situation in the occupied territories
of Azerbaijan at the 60th enlarged meeting of the UN General
Assembly’s 59th Session in New York and Azerbaijan Foreign Minister
Elmar Mamadyarov’s meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs.

Mr. Azimov said in particular that Azerbaijani side reaffirmed its
adherence to continue peace talks on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in
an intensive, fruitful and constructive manner both at the UN GA 59th
Session and during the prevois meetings with Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan in Berlin and OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs in Ney York.

He expressed concern over the fact of illegal settling of ethnic
Armenians in the occupied terrotories of Azerbaijan. The Deputy
Foreign Minister said contradicting the international humanitarian
law and damaging the peace process, these Armenia’s actions shall
cause concern in the international community too. He noted finally
that Azerbaijan wants an international experts group to be formed to
investigate these facts in the occu[pied territories.

In the end, the Deputy Foreign Minister A. Azimov answered questions
from journalists.