Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
June 9 2006

Report may stir Azeri-Lebanese diplomatic row

Baku, June 8, AssA-Irada

A diplomatic row may arise between Azerbaijan and Lebanon after a
report was published on the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud’s website
saying the head of state has recently met with the foreign minister
of the self-proclaimed Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh Republic Georgi
Serasian.
Official Baku is now studying the evidence concerning the relations
between Lebanon and the separatist regime, the Foreign Ministry
spokesman Tahir Taghizada said.
`It is not ruled out that we will take decisive steps if the facts
are proven,’ he warned.*