CHAIRMAN OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IDPS MEETS WITH UK PARLIAMENT’S DELEGATION TO INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Oct 11 2006

Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee
for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov met with members of the United
Kingdom’s parliamentary delegation to the Interparliamentary Union.

Ali Hasanov thanked the guests for meeting with Azerbaijani internally
displaced persons.

On the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Mr. Hasanov
stressed Armenia’s policy of ethnic cleansing in the Azerbaijani
territories.

The guests saw a documentary film about the elimination of refugee
camps and refugees’ move to more comfortable settlements.

Member of the UK Parliament Brian Jenkins expressed his admiration
for the work the Azerbaijani Government has done to better the living
conditions for the refugees and IDPs.