AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Dec 29 2004

Parliament speaker hopes for liberation of most Azeri territories
next year

Parliament speaker Murtuz Alasgarov believes that most of
Azerbaijan’s territories occupied by Armenia will be liberated next
year.

“I believe that a considerable part of our lands will be liberated in
2005”, Alasgarov told a plenary session of the parliament on Tuesday.

The speaker emphasized that the Azerbaijani government insists on a
stage-by-stage alternative for the conflict settlement, which
envisions withdrawal of all Armenian troops from the occupied
territories for a subsequent determination of the Upper Garabagh
status.