Today.Az, Azerbaijan
June 6 2008

Matthew Bryza: "As soon as occupied territories of Azerbaijan are
liberated, they will be demilitarized"

06 June 2008 [15:15] – Today.Az

"As soon as occupied territories of Azerbaijan are liberated, they
will be demilitarized and international peacekeeping forces will be
deployed there", said deputy assistant US Secretary of State Matthew
Bryza.

It should be noted that the views, I express, are fully supported by
the Russian leadership, at least by my colleague Yuri Merzlyakov, who
helped to understand the main point of this conflict, as well as our
French colleague Bernard Fassier.

"As soon as occupied territories of Azerbaijan are liberated, they
will be demilitarized and international peacekeeping forces will be
deployed there, Armenian armed forces will be withdrawn, they will not
be in the tense state, they are now, when Armenian and Azerbaijani
troops look at each other through mine fields in some cases at a
distance of a hundred meters", said Matthew Bryza.

According to Bryza, this is undoubtedly a very dangerous
situation. Each month people die of sniper shootings and mines. Thus,
I do hope that our fields in Armenia will feel safer as soon as these
territories are returned to Azerbaijan. I hope this will positively
influence on the political system of Armenia".

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