BAKU SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO PEACE TALKS ON KARABAKH, BUT PREPARES FOR WAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.05.2007 15:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today there is no alternative to the negotiations on
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliev stated during a meeting with residents of Mehdiabad district
of Baku. He said this is the cause of continuing peace talks on the
conflict settlement.

"War is an alternative to negotiations and Azerbaijani must be ready
for it," the head of the Azeri State stated. He assured "economic
potential of Azerbaijan strengthens day by day, the country will
get big money, which in their turn will be spent on strengthening
political and military potentials".

"Azerbaijan will never make a decision, which will contradict national
interests," Aliev stated.

He also noted "Azerbaijan was on the same level with Armenia on
economic development before. However today the situation in Azerbaijan
has ignificantly changed for the better". At the same time Aliev stated
that "Azerbaijan relies only on its own power," Azeri media reports.