TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Aug. 11, 2006

Baku insists on international monitoring for fire in Azeri-Armenian
frontline – Azeri Deputy FM

Source: Trend
Author: A.Ismayilova

11.08.2006

Araz Azimov, the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister, told the local
television channel ANS Azerbaijan has stressed the necessity of
conduct of monitoring by a group of experts, comprised of local and
international specialists, in the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line
to reveal the reasons of fire.

He was commenting on the statement by special envoy of the OSCE
chairman-in-office, Andzey Kasprzyk, on the fir in the occupied
territory of Azerbaijan.

Azimov said that Kasprsyk asserted the fact of fire. `This is the
important result for us, Kasprzyk is not an expert, in particular in
the ecology issues and cannot define the reasons causing fire,’
underscored.

The deputy minister added that in his report Kasprzyk asserts that
the document is of political character. He stresses the necessity of
conduct of monitoring by an export group.

Azimov said that the group should include specialists in the sphere
of ecology, as well as emergencies.