Thursday, 11 September 2003

NO PEACE UNTIL ARMENIA WITHDRAWS FROM OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI LANDS

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By empty (9/11/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cannot be resolved until Azerbaijan\'s territorial integrity is restored, Armenia withdraws from occupied Azerbaijani lands, and displaced people are returned to their homes, Azerbaijani Prime Minister and presidential candidate Ilham Aliyev said in a televised address late on Wednesday. \"Everybody needs to know that Azerbaijan will use whatever means at its disposal to liberate its lands,\" Aliyev said. Azerbaijan will not establish economic relations with Armenia until the conflict is resolved, he said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cannot be resolved until Azerbaijan\'s territorial integrity is restored, Armenia withdraws from occupied Azerbaijani lands, and displaced people are returned to their homes, Azerbaijani Prime Minister and presidential candidate Ilham Aliyev said in a televised address late on Wednesday. \"Everybody needs to know that Azerbaijan will use whatever means at its disposal to liberate its lands,\" Aliyev said. Azerbaijan will not establish economic relations with Armenia until the conflict is resolved, he said. \"I call on non-governmental organizations to end relations with Armenia and not to deal with the aggressor nation. We do not need this for such relations pose a danger to us. There will be no talks or relations until they leave our lands,\" he added. Some opposition presidential candidates promise to liberate Karabakh within six months after they take office, Aliyev said. \"Isa Gambarov [leader of the Musavat party], would not trade lands nor liberate the occupied territories. So would [People\'s Front of Azerbaijan leader] Ali Kerimov who once held a senior position but left the country when the situation had deteriorated. So would [National Independence Party leader] Etibar Mamedov who has made it possible for Armenians to overrun Lachin. The nation has already got rid of them once and their return is out of the question,\" Aliyev said. The opposition leaders who speak of corruption in the country have, however, \"joined efforts with the key corruption figure [Democratic Party leader accused of embezzling public property] Rasul Guliyev,\" he said. Whatever the opposition says and promises is deception and \"slander of the president, the government and myself. But the people know the truth.\" (Interfax)
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