AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 26 2005
DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS WITH OSCE MINSK GROUP FRENCH CO-CHAIR
[May 26, 2005, 22:41:41]
Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Colonel-General Safar Abiyev has met
with visiting OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fasier to
discuss the situation around the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. Azerbaijan wants peaceful solution to the conflict, but
unless the talks bring positive results, we will resort to any means
to liberate out territories,’ Minister Abiyev said.
Speaking for his part of the role of the French government as one of
the Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Fasier said: `The
international community supports the conflict resolution on the base
of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. This is how it should be
done.’
Colonel-General Safar Abiyev and Ambassador Bernard Fasier have also
exchanged views on the current military and political situation in
the South Caucasus.
Present at the meeting was Ambassador of France to Azerbaijan Roland
Blatman.