MAMMADYAROV: AZERBAIJAN GIVES PREFERENCE TO NK CONFLICT SETTLEMENT THROUGH PEACEFUL WAY

Today, Azerbaijan
June 13 2006

Foreign affairs minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has received
the delegation of South Africa Foreign Ministry Center and South
Asia Office associates headed by Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of South African Republic to Kazakhstan, Beki Gila.

Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry press service has told APA that the
ambassador stated the main objective of the visit as development
of relations between two countries on different fields and serving
investigation of these kinds of chances.

In his turn, the minister stating South Africa to be one of the leading
countries in the world and the UNO, stated for further possibilities
for future cooperation. The sides came to an agreement on studying
political, economic, tourism fields’ cooperation and for development
of consultation of relevant state structures, and mutual exchange of
visits of businessmen.

Elmar Mammadyarov in the reply to questions interested the guests
concerning Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, stated the 20 percent of
territories being occupied by Armenia Armed Forces, ethnic cleansing
policy was implemented in this territories. The minister stated that
Azerbaijan gives preference to solving the conflict through peaceful
way, pointed out the necessity of liberating occupied territories
from the occupation, returning refugees and internally displaced
people to their lands.

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