NATO PA APPROVES REPORT ON GARABAGH CONFLICT

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 22 2005

Baku, September 21, AssA-Irada
NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee on the civil dimension of
security has approved a report on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper
Garabagh conflict.

The recommendations made by Azerbaijan have been included in the
first draft of the report, prepared by German parliamentarian Von
Heden. The report also indicates that Azerbaijan’s territories have
been occupied, vice-speaker of the parliament and head of the Azeri
delegation at NATO PA Ziyafat Asgarov told journalists.

Asgarov said the Azerbaijani side was earlier discontent with the
first draft of the report, which suggested that not 20%, but 16% of
Azerbaijan’s land is under occupation and that more Armenians used
to live in the conflict zone.

“The Azerbaijan delegation aims to achieve the approval of
Heden’s report by NATO PA as well. I have discussed this with the
Assembly leadership. We stressed that NATO PA should act the way
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) did,”
the vice-speaker said.

PACE passed a resolution late in January confirming that Armenia
occupies Azeri territories.*