Azerbaijan eager to collaborate with Armenia in extinguishing fires
on occupied Armenian grounds – Foreign Ministry

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 31, 2006

Azerbaijan is ready to collaborate with Armenia in elimination
of consequences of fires on occupied Azerbaijan’s grounds, said
chief of press and information policy with the Ministry of Interior
Tahir Tagizadeh, commenting on the statement by Peter Semneby, EU
special representative for South Caucasus, that both the parties
shall be interested in creation of joint firefighting capacities at
international support.

Azerbaijan, diplomat said, already sounded its position on the
statements by Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan and some other
Armenian officials that Armenia is ready to cooperate with Azerbaijan
in this sphere. "Our position is that Azerbaijan considers this
problem important and, realizing possible environmental consequences
for the region, is eager to join efforts with Armenia in this field",
underlined Tagizadeh.

He said, on the other hand, the proposals Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
presented in his letter to OSCE chairman Karl de Gucht show Azerbaijan’
positions matching the EU’s opinion in this respect.