PRESIDENT ALIYEV: “ARMENIA WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RIVAL WITH AZERBAIJAN”

Today, Azerbaijan
March 16 2006

Armenia will never be able rival with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev stated on March 16 to an opening ceremony of the 2nd
Congress of the World Azerbaijanis.

Azerbaijan strengthens its power mint year by year and this year
its military budget is $600m. “I have charged recently to make equal
the military budget of Azerbaijan to public budget of Armenia in the
near future,” President said. “Armenia will never be able to rival
with Azerbaijan.”

According to Trend, Aliyev stated that Azerbaijan should reconsider
its participation in peace talks on Nagorno Karabakh conflict
resolution if it founds Armenia violating the peace process and
showing unconstructive approach.

“The 12-year peace talks yielded no results, while it is unknown how
long will they continue. We are loyal to peace talks, but our patience
expires when we face with unconstructive position by Armenia. If
Azerbaijan sees the negotiation process to be of imitation character,
it will refuse from participation in it,” he stressed.

“Azerbaijan neither within 10 nor 100 years allow the annexation
of Nagorno Karabakh. Any peace agreement is out question without
repatriation of internally displaced persons,” he assured.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress