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Spring
2000 (8.1)  Peace, not
Military Intervention Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, commenting
about the latest in a series of terrorist acts by Armenians against
their own leadership, when on March 22nd an assassination attempt
was made against the top leader of the Armenian community of
Nagorno-Karabakh. This region within Azerbaijan has been occupied
by Armenian military forces since 1992 and has resulted in the
displacement of nearly 1 million Azerbaijanis. |
"Azerbaijan does not plan to use
the difficult situation in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh to achieve
its own military objectives. This, despite the fact that in 1991-1993
Armenia took advantage of the internal tensions within Azerbaijan
to occupy our lands. We support peace. We don't consider a military
solution acceptable."