AzerTag, Azerbaijan
March 18 2005
CZECHIA SHOWS INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION WITH AZERBAIJAN
[March 18, 2005, 12:12:15]
Speaker of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) Murtuz Alasgarov has met
with visiting Azerbaijan Chairman of the Czech Parliament’s Committee
on Defense and Security Ian Vidim.
Noting that Azerbaijan attaches particular importance to development
of relations with European countries including Czechia, he said the
two countries’ parliamentarians fruitfully cooperate within
international organizations. Mr. Alasgarov provided the guest with
detailed information on legal, democratic reforms being implemented
in Azerbaijan, the role of the country in the South Caucasus as well
as the problems it faces. Dwelling on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh, he showed on the map the occupied lands of
Azerbaijan noting that these territories are used by the occupants
for drug cultivation, and terrorist groups training. All these facts
have been reflected in the documents of the US Department of State,
he said. The Speaker reminded as well that the UN Security Council,
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and other
international organizations had adopted a number of resolutions,
which Armenia continues to ignore pursuing its aggressive policy
against Azerbaijan. Our country stands for peaceful resolution of the
conflict on the base of the norms and principle of the international
law.
Having thanked the Speaker of the Milli Majlis for the warm meeting
and detailed information Chairman of the Committee on Defense and
Security at the Czech Parliament Jan Vidim said his country was very
interested in development of links with Azerbaijan. He noted that
although 20% of Azerbaijan’s territories were occupied and over
million people became refugees and internally displaced, the progress
gained in the country was very attractive for all. According to him,
Czechia stands for peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict on the base of territorial integrity of states. We welcome
the PACE January resolution hope the next meeting of the Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia will be a turning point in the peace
process, Mr. Vidim said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress