TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 23 2007

Nagorno-Karabakh is not Part of Armenia – CE Secretary General

In an interview with a correspondent of Armenian A1+ the Council of
Europe Secretary General Terry Devis for the next sated his position
on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

`Nagorno-Karabakh is not part of Armenia. I support the territorial
integrity of all the member countries Caspian Cooperation, Armenia,
as well as Azerbaijan. Georgia may be of Armenian origin but that
does not mean to recognize it as part of Armenia,’ he stated.

I mean the fact is that legally Nagorno-Karabakh is seen as an
occupied territory. Legally it is part of Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts should be settled urgently through the
talks

‘I have always promoted the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group.
However, I share those opinions which urge that Minsk Group has been
long in search of resolution to the problem,’ Davis stressed.

With respect to the forthcoming presidential election in
Nagorno-Karabakh the SE Secretary General stated that these elections
will be recognized anywhere else in Europe except in Armenia.

He added that a lot of people in Armenia as well as in Azerbaijan are
very impatient to see the issue settled.