PRESIDENT OF UZBEKISTAN SUPPORTS POSITION OF AZERBAIJAN ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Trend News Agency
Sept 11 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 11 September /corr. Trend News R.Novruzov / As
a result of signing a number of the inter-governmental agreements
between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan in Baku on 11 September, the Heads
of States, Ilham Aliyev and Islam Karimov, made a joint statement. The
President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said that the visit of his
Uzbek counterpart to Azerbaijan assumes great significance. The Head
of State said that the results of this visit will play an exceptional
role in the further co-operation of the two countries. Noting that
Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have strong positions in their regions,
Ilham Aliyev emphasized the importance of this factor from the point
of view of the regional co-operation.
The President Ilham Aliyev mentioned the significance of the
signed documents. Ñ-This will deepen further co-operation between
our countries. Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan support each other in the
international organizations as well. We want peace to be established
in the region and the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
to find its solution within the framework of the international legal
standards,Ñ-the President of Azerbaijan said. He also noted the
importance of deepening economic ties with Uzbekistan.
The President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said that at the meeting with
Ilham Aliyev they in detail discussed the wide circle of questions. It
was noted that positions coincide in the majority of questions. Ñ-8
documents were signed at the inter-state and inter-governmental
level. Concluding even more than 8 contracts is the most important
pulse for the development of our relations, and it will provide a
good base for the development of mutually beneficial joint projects,Ñ-
said Islam Karimov.
Ñ-We came to a common opinion regarding expanding interaction of South
Caucasus and Central Asia,Ñ- noted the President of Uzbekistan. He
stated that the weighed pragmatic foreign policy of the President of
Azerbaijan transformed the country into one of the leading centers
of the logistics connecting the East with the West and the North with
the South.
Touching upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
Islam Karimov said that Ñ-the Uzbek side noted that it has always
supported, supports and will support the peaceful solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In this case, we consider the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan one of the main conditions. We consider that
the solution proposed by the Azerbaijani side is the most optimum in
every respect. I speak on my behalf, but I am sure that all those,
who objectively track Karabakh problem will join my opinionÑ-.
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