GERMAN BUNDESTAG’S LEFTIST FACTION CONDEMNS ARMENIA’S OCCUPYING AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 10 2007

German Bundesdtag’s leftist faction has made a statement on the
Nagorno Karabakh problem.

Yesterday’s statement by Bundestag’s "Linke" (Leftist) faction
condemned Armenia’s occupying Azerbaijani territories and required
unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from Azerbaijani
territories.

The statement says as a result of ethnic cleansing policy committed
by Armenians, one million of Azerbaijanis have become internally
displaced persons. "Approximately 20,000 IDPs have settled in temporary
displaced- persons camps. The damage Azerbaijan suffered amounted to $
60 billion following the war".

The leftists welcoming the decision of German government which did not
recognize separatist regime in Nagorno Karabakh and its referendum,
demanded restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. "The new
escalation of the conflict will lead the Caucasus region into the
new instability and worsen humanitarian situation".

The faction called for the European Union to participate in the
disarmament of the region, peaceful settlement of the conflict
stressing the necessity of bringing IDPs back to their original
places. The statement called for the German government as the member
of OSCE Minsk group to prevent the escalation of war again.

This is the fist statement by a Bundestag faction in this content.