AZERBAIJAN SEEKS TO RESTORE ITS TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY – ALIYEV
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
March 15, 2007 Thursday 10:35 AM EST
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev said his country seeks to restore
its territorial integrity.
Speaking at a joint press conference with his Tajik counterpart
on Thursday, Aliyev said Azerbaijan has faith in restoring its
territorial integrity.
In his words, "20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territory is occupied by
Armenia." "We seek to restore Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
Azerbaijan welcomes a possibility of settling the conflict with the
norms of international law and in compliance with the U.N. Security
Council resolution on the withdrawal of Armenia’s occupational troops
from Nagorno-Karabakh," the Azerbaijani president stressed.
"In 1990’s Azerbaijan suffered ethnic cleansings organized by
Armenia." "Over one million of people became refugees and 20 percent
of our territory is occupied by Armenia," Aliyev said.
Azerbaijan will never agree with such situation, he added.