Azerbaijani FM: Talks With Armenia To Continue

Radio Free Europe, Czech Rep
Jan 14 2005

13 January 2005 — Azerbaijan’s foreign minister says talks between
Azerbaijani and Armenian officials on the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute
will continue.

Foreign Minister Araz Azimov recently returned to Azerbaijan from
talks with his Armenian counterpart in the Czech capital Prague.
Azimov said that, while both sides still have disagreements on the
issue, everyone is interested in reaching a peaceful settlement.

Nagorno-Karabakh is a predominantly Armenian exclave in Azerbaijan.
It has had de facto independence since Armenian-backed forces won
control over the territory in 1994 following a six-year war.

Armenian-backed forces and Azerbaijani troops continue to face off
across a demilitarized zone in the region.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS