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First Vice-Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament: We highly appreciate the discussion of Nagorno Karabakh conflict by Erdogan and Obama

09 December 2009 11:47 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. According to the Partnership for Peace program and Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) signed between Azerbaijan and NATO, heads of some structures of the Defense Ministry must be civilians, Chairman of the Parliamentâ€™s Committee for Security and Defense Issues Ziyafat Asgarov said, APA reports.

â€œDespite this, I do not think that this issue is urgent for Azerbaijan. Letâ€™s suppose a serviceman is replaced by a civilian. At present we want Azerbaijani army to continue its activity on the highest level,â€ he said.

According to Asgarov, Azerbaijan highly appreciates the discussion of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict during the meeting of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama.
â€œTurkish Prime Minister unambiguously said at the meeting that the solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict is connected with Turkey-Armenia rapprochement. Turkey-Armenia relations can not be normalized unless Nagorno Karabakh conflict is solved,â€ he said.