BAKU DOES NOT HIDE ITS INTENTION TO APPLY MILITARY FORCE AGAINST KARABAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 23, 2010 – 22:18 AMT 17:18 GMT
Fourteen Parliamentarians from eight NATO Member countries visited
Azerbaijan from 12 to 14 April to learn more about the most recent
developments in the country and the region.
The question of Nagorno Karabakh widely dominated the meetings and
the delegation was informed that the situation remains dangerous and
the continuation of the conflict highly increases the risk of war.
Host country officials warned that Azerbaijan’s only alternative to
solve Nagorno-Karabakh would be to use military force, as, according
to them, all other avenues to solve the issue peacefully have been
exploited.
Official speakers stressed that Azerbaijan is interested in further
developing its relations with NATO. Independent observers also
suggested that the country needs to balance its foreign and security
policy with those of neighboring Russia and Iran.
This NATO PA delegation was led by the Chairman of the Political
Committee’s Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships, Rainer Stinner (MP,
Bundestag, Germany), and met with the Azerbaijani delegation to the
NATO PA, members of the Milli Mejlis’ Foreign Affairs and Defence
Committees, as well as senior government officials, including the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense. The delegation also met
with the OSCE representatives in Baku, as well as independent local
experts. A visit to the Azerbaijani Peacekeeping Battalion concluded
this visit, the website of information center of NATO in Baku reported.