Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Nov 29 2004
Baku says NATO involvement in conflict settlement possible
Baku does not rule out NATO involvement in settlement of the Upper
Garabagh conflict process.
`NATO’s participation in the conflict resolution is possible and we
consider the use of the organization’s potential useful’, Deputy
Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said speaking on `Security in South
Caucasus’ at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rose Roth seminar in
Baku on Friday.
Azimov did not rule out the alliance’s involvement in a peacekeeping
mission in the conflict zone after a truce between Azerbaijan and
Armenia is signed.
The Deputy Foreign Minister regarded as acceptable the peaceful
co-existence of the Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Upper
Garabagh with guarantees for their security and supervision by the
international community at the first stage.
Azimov added that Azerbaijan still hopes for a peaceful conflict
settlement.*