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Azeri Press Agency November 17, 2009 Azerbaijani parliamentarians raise issue of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia at 55th session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Elnur Mammadli Baku: Azerbaijani parliamentarians raised the issue of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Georgia at the 55th session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh, member of the parliament Zahid Oruj told APA. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gave a lengthy report at the meeting. He talked about the duties ahead, the increase of contingents and security in Afghanistan and relations with Russia. Making a comment on the report, Zahid Oruj said the military-political balance was disrupted in the South Caucasus. He said the territories of both Georgia and Azerbaijan were occupied and the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s policy in the region proved that. The parliamentarian characterized these steps as an action against NATO. He emphasized the importance of Azerbaijan in the security realm for the West and said the country was out of the sphere of influence of Iran and Russia. “I stressed that Armenia has fully become a Russian military base. I asked whether it is time to create an opportunity for normal cooperation with the South Caucasian countries with securing their territorial integrity. "The Secretary General said conflicts in this region caused concerns and noted that NATO strategic plans will particularly insist on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the countries....I think it was a positive case that this issue was raised at the Parliamentary Assembly and that the NATO Secretary General said the new Strategic Concept contained points about territorial integrity and sovereignty”. Former NATO Secretary General George Robertson also addressed the session. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
