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by **insan** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:26 am

"The Nagorno-Karabakh is an ancient Azerbaijani land. For centuries Azerbaijanis have been living and working there. Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity is recognized by the international community. Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity must be restored, and we want to achieve this by peaceful means. Azerbaijan is a multinational country. Representatives of different nations and religions are peacefully co-existing in our country. There has never been a religious or national conflict in Azerbaijan. The rights of all nations living in our country are protected. And, of course, the Armenians have also been living in the territory of Azerbaijan. They live here today, and their rights are also protected."

"The international practice and international law support our position. The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict must be solved on the basis of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity, with the Armenian minority receiving a high status of self-governance and autonomy within Azerbaijan. This is what the international law requires."

"The Turkish world is a very big world. Separation of the Zangazur region, an ancient and integral part of the Turkish world, which was then given to Armenia, broke the geographical link within the Turkish world."

"But the geographical coordinates are not the only factor linking us. We are bound by our relations, our brotherhood, our common past and present. For twenty years our countries have been living as independent states. Today, countries like Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan make Turkey stronger, just like, Turkey, in its turn, makes us stronger. Our strength is in our unity."

"I would like to emphasize the development of the relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, which signed a very important document yesterday. We signed a Joint Declaration "On establishment of the Council for high level strategic cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey".

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