AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER:"SITUATION IN FRONTLINE IS GETTING AGGRAVATED"

Azeri Press Agency
March 5 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Mahbube Gasimbeyli – APA. "As a result of Armenia’s aggressive
policy, 20 per cent of territories of Azerbaijan have been occupied,
about one million Azerbaijanis have become refugees and IDPs.

Negotiations on peaceful resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict
are not effective yet. Four resolutions of UN Security Council
have not been implemented to date. A situation in the frontline
is getting aggravated day by day. Intensive violation of ceasefire
by the Armenians leads to the casualties among both sides", stated
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev in his meeting with President
of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Joze Lello, APA reports. The minister
urged the international organizations, including NATO PA to increase
efforts for resolution of the conflict. Otherwise Azerbaijan will use
fiercer methods for the liberation of its lands. Minister Abiyev also
spoke about the formation of Azerbaijan Armed Forces and its positive
experience of cooperation with NATO since 1994. He underlined a start
of the second stage of NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation within Individual
Partnership Action Program.