PRESIDENT TELLS ROMANIAN COUNTERPART AZERI STANCE ON KARABAKH UNCHANGED

ANS TV, Baku
5 Jun 06

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, attending a Black Sea summit
in Bucharest, has told his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu that
Azerbaijan’s position on the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict has remained
unchanged, Azerbaijani state-run news agency Azartac reported on
5 June.

The agency quoted Aliyev as saying that “Azerbaijan’s position on the
issue has remained unchanged and we are in favour of the conflict
settlement only within the framework our country’s territorial
integrity”.

Private TV station ANS has quoted the head of foreign relations
department of the Azerbaijani presidential administration, Novruz
Mammadov, as saying on 4 June that meetings of the Azerbaijani and
Armenian presidents, also under way in Bucharest, were being held in
a tense atmosphere.

ANS reported that the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders were expected
to hold another meeting at 0800 gmt on 5 June.