AZERBAIJAN WILL DEFINITELY FREE OCCUPIED LAND -DEFENSE MINISTER

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Oct 12 2005

Baku, October 11, AssA-Irada
Azerbaijan is firm on liberating its territories from under Armenian
occupation, Minister for Defense Safar Abiyev has said.

“Armenia is unwilling to withdraw from our land. Azerbaijan will
definitely free its territories”, Abiyev said in a meeting with
Dimitros Panagiotu, deputy chief of staff of NATO’s United Forces
Command in Neapol, on Tuesday.

Abiyev noted that the country has been actively involved in NATO’s
Partnership for Peace program since 1994. Panagiotu’s visit will give
a further impetus to its cooperation with the alliance, he said.

The parties also discussed strengthening Azerbaijan’s integration
into NATO and the military-political situation in the South Caucasus
region.*