DEPUTY FM DISMISSES CRISIS GROUP STATEMENT

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Oct 13 2005

Baku, October 12, AssA-Irada
Deputy foreign minister and the President’s special envoy on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper Garabagh conflict Araz Azimov has dismissed
the credibility of a recent statement by the International Crisis
Group, an organization working to prevent conflicts worldwide.

Azimov said it includes ‘erroneous views’, which is due to ‘either
the lack of awareness or their being incompetent’.

“A number of organizations like ICG operate in the world and their
activity is unofficial. Their report and recommendations are certainly
nothing but their own ideas.”*