INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN CONFLICT: THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN THE SOLUTION TO MILITARY CONFLICTS" STARTS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 18 2007
International conference "Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: the role
of youth in the solution to military conflicts" started in Baku,
APA reports
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and Youth and Sport Ministry organized
2-day conference. Over 40 conflict analysts, explorers, representatives
of international youth organizations, media representatives from 22
countries attend the event. While delivering speech Azad Rahimov,
Youth and Sport Minister stated that over 80 representatives of
various nations and national ethnic minorities live in Azerbaijan
and they are citizens of equal in rights and actively participated
in the development of independent Azerbaijan Republic, establishment
of democratic society, protection of territory integrity.
"This tolerance in Azerbaijan and national solidarity can be example
for all states," he said. Firudin Sadigov, chief of the working group
of State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons
noted that 4354 Azerbaijanis were missing.
"The witnesses stated that some of them are held hostage by
Armenians. But Armenia stated that there are not hostages in its
territory," he said. He stated that 1393 people were released from
Armenian captivity. Tofig Musayev, Deputy Director of Treaty-Legal
Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Kamala
Imranli, official of Department and Galib Israfilov, Deputy Head
of Security Affairs Department gave information to the attendees
about history of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, location of Armenians in
Azerbaijan and deportation of Azerbaijanis from present Armenia./APA/