AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT CALLS CIS USELESS, GUAM PRODUCTIVE

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 25 2006

"CIS is useless organization and does not give anything practically,
"Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told in his interview to "Exo
Moskvi" radio station, APA reports.

Saying that Azerbaijan has built its relations with CIS states
on bilateral basis, Ilham Aliyev called CIS the opportunity for
presidents to meet and talk. Commenting that it is not right to wait
for something or demand from CIS, President stated neither CIS, nor
UNO, neither some other these kinds of organizations solve global
problems. The president estimated GUAM as productive organization and
reminded that on the initiative of this organization Draft resolution
on Frozen Conflicts was presented to UN.

"It was possible to unite all conflicts about separatism in a
unique format. Nevertheless, in West Abkhazia, South Ossetia and
Transdniestrian conflicts were treated as separatist, but Nagorno
Karabakh as freedom movement," he said.