Pan Armenian News
ALEXY II EXPRESSED HOPE FOR SOONEST SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
15.09.2005 07:21
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On the invitation of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and
religious leader of Azerbaijan Allahshukur Pashazade Patriarch of Moscow and
all of Russia Alexy II is in Baku. «The relations between Azerbaijan and
Russia have reached mutual trust and a new phase of development. They are
based on friendly and good neighborly relations,» I. Aliyev stated. «We can
be proud of people of difference confessions living in peace and accord in
Azerbaijan, which is an important condition in the development of the
country,» the Azeri leader noted. In his turn Alexy II noted that «religious
figures have always hailed peace and accord.» He said he hoped for the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict to be settled in the near future. «Religious
figures believe that the Karabakh conflict can be solved peacefully, via
dialogue,» Alexy II stated.