AZERBAIJAN MAY TAKE OTHER WAYS TO LIBERATE ITS OCCUPIED TERRITORY: MINISTER

Trend News Agency
Aug 4 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 4 August /Тrend News, J.Babayeva/ Azerbaijan’s
Defence Minister Safar Abiyev said should Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
not be settled peacefully, Azerbaijan may take other ways to liberate
its occupied territory. "Azerbaijan will not stand the Armenian
occupation any more," Abiyev said on 4 August, receiving Pakistan’s
newly appointed Ambassador to Azerbaijan Abdul Hamid.

The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost the Nagorno-Karabakh, except of Shusha and Khojali, in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian Armed Forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and
Nagorno-Karabakh’s seven surrounding regions. In 1994, Azerbaijan
and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active
hostilities ended. The countries keep on peace negotiating.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by USA, Russia, France is engaged in
peace settling of the conflict.

Hamid said Pakistan is one of the countries which were the first to
recognize the independent statehood of Azerbaijan. "Nagorno-Karabakh
is an integral part of Azerbaijan," said Ambassador.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress