PanArmenian News
Feb 23 2005

ARMENIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE IF HOSTILITIES BURST OUT AGAIN, AZERI
DEFENSE MINISTER CONSIDERS

23.02.2005 13:14

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Armenia will bear full responsibility if
hostilities burst out again”, Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev
stated. In his words, the Azerbaijani leadership is seeking peaceful
settlement of the Karabakh conflict. “However Azerbaijan is concerned
that the international community does not recognize Armenia as an
aggressor though recently the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe has called Armenia an aggressor-state and stated the
Karabakh authorities as separative. In my opinion all the
international organizations should do the same”, the Minister said.
He also mentioned of the “deliberate settling of the Azeri
territories by Armenians”. “We reiterate that we will not cede a
single inch of our land”, Safar Abiyev stated. The resumption of
military operations is possible, as the ways for resolving the
conflict have not been found yet. Thus, Armenia will be responsible
for the outbreak of hostilities”, he resumed.