AZERBAIJANI MPS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON FIRES IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES IN STRASBOURG

Today, Azerbaijan
June 29 2006

The members of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation to PACE held
a press conference today with regard to recent massive fires in the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan set by Armenians.

As APA reports, the press conference chaired by parliamentarian
Gultakin Hajiyeva also brought together parliamentarians Aydin
Mirzazadeh, Ganira Pashayeva, Sabir Hajiyev and Fazail Ibrahimli. In
the press conference, media representatives were informed in detail
about Armenians torching the occupied Azerbaijani territories.

The photos of the territories on fire taken by satellite were
distributed to journalists. An Armenian journalist tried to explain
these fires due to natural reasons, in particular hot weather but
parliamentarian Sabir Hajiyev called this argument groundless.

"It is possible natural reasons to cause fires in everywhere and in
Azerbaijan as well but in this case there are attempts to prevent the
fire. Armenians refusing to take any action about it make us think they
deliberately caused these fires," the Azerbaijani parliamentarian said.

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