BULGARIA READY TO ASSIST IN GARABAGH SETTLEMENT

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Posted June 19 2006

Baku, June 16, AssA-Irada
Sofia stands by to facilitate settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, chairman of the Bulgarian
parliament’s committee on foreign policy Solomon Pasi visiting
Azerbaijan has said.

Azerbaijan’s integration into European organizations will help settle
the long-standing dispute and, as a member of NATO and the European
Union, Bulgaria is ready to provide assistance in this area.

Pasi said that his country, which once chaired the OSCE, now brokering
the peace process through its Minsk Group, is very familiar with the
ramifications of the conflict.

"The Bulgarian government is ready to avail of all the friendship
potential for Azerbaijan. Much work remains to be done," Pasi said.