AZERBAIJAN’S DEFENCE MINISTER MEETS U.S. AMBASSADOR AND CAPSTONE GROUP’S MEMBERS
Azer Tag
[May 18, 2005, 12:40:50]
On May 17, Azerbaijan’s defence minister colonel-general Safar Abiyev
has meets with the United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish
and members of the Capstone group, reports AzerTAj on referring to
the Ministry’s press service.
Minister Safar Abiyev has in detail told about the independence
of Azerbaijan, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over
Nagorno-Karabakh. He noted that there is engaged in a peaceful
settlement of the problem OSCE Minsk group that’s activity do not meets
with success too. According to him, as a strategic partner of the
United States, Azerbaijan is expected more effectively efforts from
the U.S. towards the settlement of the conflict. Mr Abiyev said the
Armenian state policy is established on the enlargement its territory
through occupation of the lands of other countries. Such is indeed the
case of building of the Armenian state. “Therefore, I must declare
that we are wouldn’t ceded not a single inch of our territory. While
the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh had not been
solved there are impossible a peace in the South Caucasus region”,
said colonel-general Abiyev.
Ambassador Reno Harnish has recalled an outspoken by the United States
President George Bush words in Tbilisi about the USA constant support
to the Caucasus peoples’ independence. He also said the United States
military cooperation with Azerbaijan will be continues henceforth.
