DEFENSE MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN CALLED ON THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL TO EXPRESS ITS ATTITUDE TO BREACHING OF CFE TERMS BY ARMENIA
Translated by Pavel Pushkin

Agency WPS
Turan news agency (Baku)
September 17, 2007 Monday
Russia

DEFENSE and SECURITY

Breaching the terms of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE),
Armenia has armament and ammunition arsenals much bigger than its
quota. Defense Minister of Azerbaijan, Safar Abiev, announced this at
today’s meeting with members of the committee of inter-parliamentary
cooperation European Union-South Caucasus. The major part of
these arsenals is placed on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan
without any registration and control. Abiev called on international
organizations including the European Union to express a "principal
attitude" to this issue. All these circumstances forces Azerbaijan
to take the "necessary measures." Abiev threatens that tolerance
of Azerbaijan is not infinite. He said, "Both from the economic
and political standpoints, Azerbaijan can restore its territorial
integrity."