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Elmar Mammadyarov: â€œAzerbaijan hasnâ€™t lost hope for peaceful settlement of the conflictâ€ - PHOTO

Elmar Mammadyarov: â€œAzerbaijan hasnâ€™t lost hope for peaceful settlement of the conflictâ€ - <font color=red>PHOTO</font>

09 December 2011 12:48 (UTC +04:00)

Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (AVCIYA) told APA that more than 110 representatives of Brussels-based international organization, NGOs, media and diplomatic corpses attended the event. During the debate Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov informed about Azerbaijanâ€™s way after achievement its independence 20 years ago, its achieving the status of active country in the international scene, the establishment of relations with neighboring countries in energy and other spheres, current situation of the determination of legal status of the Caspian Sea and of Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, EU-Azerbaijan and NATO-Azerbaijan relations. Saying that Azerbaijan rendered assistance to the western countries and NATO alliance by deployment military contingent in Afghanistan and participation in humanitarian programs, â€œa strong convictionâ€ that the international community must continue to support the war-torn country beyond NATOâ€™s 2014 pull-out.

The representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament and various Centers of the Strategic Studies asked the questions to the minister about Azerbaijanâ€™s economy, its role in energy security of Europe, the increase of Europeâ€™s role in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Mammadyarov said that the conflict was the most painful and foreground issue for Azerbaijan and noted that Azerbaijan hasnâ€™t lost hope for peaceful settlement of the conflict. He underlined that â€œcompared to what we can achieve through peaceful solution, the life of even a young soldier is a high price to be paidâ€. Mammadyarov also gave an online interview to Bloomberg TV. The interviewâ€™s video can be found in the website of the â€œWashington Postâ€ newspaper. The â€œWorld Street Journalâ€ has prepared the large article on the interview.