AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Jan 27 2005
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES FRENCH OSCE MINSK GROUP
CO-CHAIR
[January 27, 2005, 19:17:37]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received newly
appointed French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier
January 27.
Having congratulated Mr. Fassier on the new appointment, President
Ilham Aliyev noted that despite a ten year long peace talks on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh within the
framework of the OSCE Minsk Group have led to nothing, the
intensification of the Group’s effort recently gives hope for certain
progress in that process.
Recalling that historical Azerbaijani land Nagorno-Karabakh and seven
districts around it are under occupation of the Armenian armed
forces, the Head of State stressed that Azerbaijan had been admitted
to the United Nations membership with the country’s internationally
recognized borders including these territories.
President Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed that the Azerbaijan’s unchangeable
stance with respect to resolution of the conflict is based only on
such principles of the international law as territorial integrity
countries and inviolability of their borders.
No resolution of the problem is possible unless on these principles,
he said, and expressed hope that concrete positive results would be
obtained as a result of the OSCE Minsk Group.
French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier expressed
gratitude to the Azerbaijani President for receiving him and
congratulations on his new appointment. He noted that the unresolved
conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, strongly hampers not only
ensuring peace and stability in the South Caucasus, but also
realization of economic projects in a larger region including Central
Asia. Mr. Fassier expressed confidence that his meeting with the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan would provide him with
comprehensive information about the country’s concrete on the
resolution of the conflict.