AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION’S HEAD: ARMENIA HAS SIGNED FIRST TIME UNDER TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan Business Center
Jan 22 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The first Azerbaijan-Russia Forum on Humanitarian
Co-operation has opened in Baku today.

At its opening the head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration,
Ramiz Mehdiyev, said that today Armenia recognized itself the necessity
of Garabagh problem settlement on the basis of principle of territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan.

"Territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is recognized by the entire
world community. It certainly should be restored," Mehdiyev said.

It was talked precisely of that at the session of the OSCE Foreign
Ministers Council held at the end of 2009.

"For the first time for entire time of the conflict Armenia acceded to
such document recognizing that settlement of the problem is possible
precisely within the framework of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Thus, difficult period of contraposition of principles of territorial
integrity and the right of nations for self-definition has completed,"
Mehdiyev said.

He appealed the Russian media to more impartial enlightening of this
conflict objective emphasizing that application to this theme demands
highest professionalism from journalists.