OVER HALF OF YOUNG AZERIS FAVOR MILITARY ACTION OVER GARABAGH
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Dec 28 2006
52% of young people in Azerbaijan believe that the Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict the country faces with Armenia should be settled
through military action, a recent study has found.
34% of those polled spoke in favor of a negotiated settlement,
according to the survey commissioned by the National Council of
Youth Organizations. It was held among 1,300 respondents in Baku,
Ganja and Sumgayit as well as ten regions of the country.
75% of Azerbaijani youngsters believe the situation in the country
has changed for the better in the past ten years.
29% of respondents see the future development of Azerbaijan in the
settlement of the Garabagh conflict, according to the study. The
same percentage of the poll participants cited the need to reduce
corruption level.
15% of the persons interviewed believe that young people should hold
administrative posts.