AZERI MP REPORTS TO PACE ON ARMENIA’S NEW OCCUPATION PLANS

Today, Azerbaijan
April 12 2006

A member of the Azeri delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday introduced a document on Armenia’s
new occupation plans posing a serious threat to the stability and
development in the South Caucasus region.

MP Rafael Huseynov’s document, submitted to the CE Ministerial
Committee, says that Armenia, which is regarded in a special Council
of Europe resolution as aggressor that has carried out ethnic cleansing
against Azeris, has laid out its new occupation claims by intensifying
shooting on the frontline. This country, which has occupied Nagorno
karabakh and seven adjacent districts, calls these territories “a
buffer zone”.

“Armenian armed forces, despite the existing ceasefire, are regularly
carrying out military operations in the areas bordering on Azerbaijan
located 100 km away from Nagorno Karabakh,” the document said.

According to AssA-Irada, the MP also indicated that these attacks
causing considerable casualties among military contingent and
civilians, as well as financial damages, clearly demonstrate Armenia’s
objective to occupy new territories.

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