TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 8 2006

Armenian expert’s statement confirms Baku-raised question on illegal
settling occupied Azeri grounds – Azeri Foreign Ministry

Source: Trend
Author: S.Agayeva

08.07.2006

Official Baku is always confident that information twice disseminated
at sessions of UN General Assembly on illegal settling of occupied
Azeri grounds represents the facts, Trend reports quoting Tahir
Tagizadeh, chief of press and information policy with the foreign
Ministry of Azerbaijan.

Tagizadeh commented the statement of Manvel Sarkisyan, expert of
Armenian analytical center "Caucasus". The statement says that "Armenia
and so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are implementing the program
for settling freed grounds around Nagorno-Karabakh". "The program is
implemented at the governmental level with financing from Armenian,
NKR’s state budgets and funds of Armenian diaspora", expert said,
outlining that the program mainly covers LAchin and Kelbajar areas,
partially Agdam and Jabrayil areas.

"Armenian expert’s statement is the best argument in favor of
Azerbaijan’s position, said Tagizadeh, all lame excuses of Armenians
are just rhetoric. International community shall keep this matter
in the center of attention and such breaking of occupation regime
under Geneva Convention and its additional protocols shall become
the matter of protest worldwide".