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7 October 2003 - 15:16 AMT

NOT ALL OPPORTUNITIES OF PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT EXHAUSTED, ILHAM ALIYEV SUPPOSES

Until not all opportunities are exhausted, Azerbaijan intends to settle the Nagorno Karabakh issue peacefully, Azeri prime minister, presidential candidate Ilham Aliyev told journalists in the course of a pre-election tour, “525-ya Gazeta” Baku newspaper reported. He expressed hope for the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs “at last seriously engage” in the settlement process and present just proposals, based on norms of the international law. Answering the question on possibility of military settlement of the conflict, I. Aliyev noted that for the time being Azerbaijan is trying to solve the problem peacefully.