Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 17 2005

Deputy FM positively assesses OSCE fact-finding mission’s activity

Baku, March 16, AssA-Irada

The OSCE fact-finding mission has confirmed the fact of illegal
settlement of Armenians in the occupied regions of Azerbaijan, Araz
Azimov, Deputy Foreign Minister, the President’s special envoy on the
Upper Garabagh conflict, has told the ATV channel.
Azimov positively assessed the fact-finding mission’s approving the
evidence on illegal settlement presented by official Baku.
`I have become familiar with the mission’s report, which provides
figures that are close to those presented by the Azerbaijani side,’
he said.
The report on the illegal settlement of Armenians in the occupied
regions of Azerbaijan, forwarded to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in
Vienna on Wednesday, will be presented to the organization’s
Permanent Council on Thursday.*