Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 20 2005
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Foreign minister addresses UN session

Baku, September 19, AssA-Irada
Foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov has restated that Azerbaijan will
never agree with the occupation of its territories.
The UN has been actively engaged in the process of resolving the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper Garabagh since Azerbaijan was
admitted to the organization, Mammadyarov said in his address to the
general discussions of the UN’s 60th session.
The minister said that the Azerbaijani government backs peaceful
settlement of the conflict in compliance with international law as
well as the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Council of
Europe.
Mammadyarov called on the United Nations to step up its efforts at
the conflict settlement. `Baku hopes that Armenia will take a
constructive position and will not miss the right moment.’
Mammadyarov added that his country is ready to guarantee security of
the Armenian residents of Upper Garabagh.
The minister is expected to return home on Tuesday.*