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International conference â€œArmenia-Azerbaijan conflict: the role of youth in the solution to military conflictsâ€ starts

18 December 2007 12:06 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and Youth and Sport Ministry organized 2-day conference. Over 40 conflict analysts, explorers, representatives of international youth organizations, media representatives from 22 countries attend the event. While delivering speech Azad Rahimov, Youth and Sport Minister stated that over 80 representatives of various nations and national ethnic minorities live in Azerbaijan and they are citizens of equal in rights and actively participated in the development of independent Azerbaijan Republic, establishment of democratic society, protection of territory integrity.
â€œThis tolerance in Azerbaijan and national solidarity can be example for all states,â€ he said. Firudin Sadigov, chief of the working group of State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons noted that 4354 Azerbaijanis were missing.
â€œThe witnesses stated that some of them are held hostage by Armenians. But Armenia stated that there are not hostages in its territory,â€ he said. He stated that 1393 people were released from Armenian captivity. Tofig Musayev, Deputy Director of Treaty-Legal Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Kamala Imranli, official of Department and Galib Israfilov, Deputy Head of Security Affairs Department gave information to the attendees about history of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, location of Armenians in Azerbaijan and deportation of Azerbaijanis from present Armenia./APA/