Baku going to take action to "liberate territories"?March 31, 2008 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "We did not seize a territory of any country. We ourselves suffered from aggression," said Eldar Sabiroglu, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. "Liberation of our lands from occupation is our civil and national duty and our right. No one can deprive us of this right. Certainly, it would be better to resolve the problem peacefully but the process seems to reach a deadlock and Azerbaijan will take action," he said. Touching on the Azerbaijan-initiated UN resolution, Sabiroglu sad the document calls for a peaceful resolution of the conflict, "However, the OSCE Minsk Group, which has been dealing with the conflict settlement for 15 years already, questioned the UN General Assembly's resolution. Azerbaijan has come across an inadequate attitude," he said, Day.az reports. Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Partner news | Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals. CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. Bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Armenia Senator Wicker is also the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” |