THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CONFLICT IS THE MOST URGENT ISSUE

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[08:28 pm] 01 November, 2006

"The settlement of the Armenian-Azeri conflict is the most urgent issue
for the foreign policy of Azerbaijan", announced Foreign Minister of
Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.

According to day.az, during the meeting with PACE co-rapporteurs Tony
Lloyd and Andreas Herkel, Mammadyarov said that "Being member of the
CoE, Armenia has violated all the international norms and occupied
part of the territory of Azerbaijan as a result of which more than
a million Azeris have become refugees".

According to Mammadyarov, the international community must draw the
attention of Armenia to the necessity of taking its troupes out of the
"occupied" areas of Azerbaijan.

The co-rapporteurs found the settlement of the conflict important
and voiced hope that the peaceful process of negotiations will go on.