“KARABAKH – PART OF AZERBAIJAN”

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| 17:35:21 | 17-05-2005 | Politics | COE SUMMIT |

“The Council of Europe supports the territorial integrity of the CoE
member-states”, Secretary General Terry Davis stated during a press
conference today bringing the following example, “Karabakh is a part
of Azerbaijan”.

When responding A1+ reporter’s question whether the problem can be
settled taking into account Armenia’s disagreement with such state of
things, the Secretary General said, “This problem should be settled
by the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. But at the same time
Azerbaijan has entered the CoE as a country with Nagorno Karabakh
as a part of it. I have publicly encouraged President Aliyev to talk
directly to the people of NK. And I was very pleased yesterday to hear
the Armenian Foreign Minister encourage the President of Azerbaijan
to talk directly to the Karabakh people. I think it is a very positive
statement by the Armenian FM.”