HEYDAR ALIYEV HAD MOST OPPORTUNITIES TO SETTLE KARABAKH ISSUE, AZERI POLITICIAN STATESOctober 23, 2002 - 19:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri president Heydar Aliyev has had the most opportunities to settle the Karabakh issue for ten years of the Nagorno-Karabakh confrontation, but he has not done it. The Azerbaijan's National congress head Isa Hambar expressed this opinion. As "Arminfo' agency reports referring to the Baku press, criticizing the recent statement or the Azeri head on that "the Nagorno-Karabakh issue might be settled by Heydar Aliyev only", Hambar noted, that "a conflict settlement cannot be connected with a will of a person". According to him, such statements of the state's head provoke surprise at least. "If Aliyev really could solve the issue, he would have done it a long time ago. And if the conflict is still not settled then it is the evidence of the state head's inability to settle that issue", the Azeri politician noted. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |