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Safar Abiyev: "Armenia should pull back its forces from occupied Azerbaijani lands"

21 July 2006 [22:44] - TODAY.AZ
Defense Minister Safar Abiyev today received the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.

As APA reports, Minister Abiyev touched on Azerbaijani integration into Europe.

He also said some aims artificially caused the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

"Armenia has occupied Azerbaijani lands and on the other hand, it intends to build mutual confidence with Azerbaijan. However, we have no trust in Armenia. Since Armenia wants to build mutual confidence, it should pull back its forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, provide refugees and IDPs returning to their native lands, and infrastructure should be restored in these territories. This conflict should be resolved in the frames of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," Mr.Abiyev said.

Mr.Semneby wished that conflict be resolved peacefully underlining the European Union will make all efforts for the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

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