MOSCOW SUPPORTS PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
news.az
Oct 22 2010
Azerbaijan
Russia support Karabakh conflict settlement within territorial
integrity of states.
The relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are developing rapidly,
our two countries have signed more than 100 documents, part of which
refers to cooperation in military sphere.
According to the news service for Milli Majlis, the statement came from
Ziyafat Asgarov, first vice speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament,
chairman of the parliamentary committee on security and defense, at
the Friday meeting with a delegation led by deputy chairman of the
committee on defense and security of the Federal Council of Russia
Viktor Maslov.
The first vice speaker noted that Moscow and Baku are successfully
cooperating in military and defense sphere which is proven by the
use of the Gabala radar station, belong to Azerbaijan, by Russia.
As for the draft state budget of Azerbaijan for 2011, Asgarov said the
defense costs have increased significantly in the country’s budget,
which is caused by the continued occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani
lands by Armenia. According to the vice speaker, the increase in
military costs must be perceived normally in this connection.
‘Everyone should know that Azerbaijan will settle Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, anyway. We will not allow creating the second Armenian state
in Azerbaijan. We believe that Russia, which is the co-chair of the
OSCE Minsk Group, mediating the conflict settlement, must demand from
Armenia to put an end to occupation’, Asgarov said.
Maslov said, in turn, that the delegation he heads has been visiting
Azerbaijan for already five days and through this period it held a
number of important and effective meetings in Baku and Gabala.
Stressing the successful development of Azerbaijan’s economy, he said
Russia is interested in deepening ties with our country. Maslov
noted that Moscow supports the peaceful resolution of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh within the
framework of the territorial integrity of the states.
From: A. Papazian