"unicity Of Azerbaijan - Its Multinationality," Israeli Amb

[AzatHayrenik]

"UNICITY OF AZERBAIJAN - ITS MULTINATIONALITY," ISRAELI AMB
Author: R.Abdullayev

Trend
13.02.2006

"The unicity of Azerbaijan is its multinationality, tolerance to the
representatives of all religions, absence of confrontation between
civilizations, which is often reported by the world media," Arthur
Lank, the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan, said to journalists on
Monday, Trend reports.

The diplomat noted that any events or acts must be regarded in the
legal point of view rather than interreligious confrontation.

Touching upon the results of the last negotiations on the regulation
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Lank said that the sides have
opportunities to regulate the conflict in peaceful way that would
lead to development of both regional and the Azerbaijani-Israeli
cooperation.

In the end, the diplomat touched upon the anti-Israeli statements by
the Iranian representatives and stressed that Iran was dangerous not
only for Israel, but the world community as well. According to Lank,
the position of the International Atomic Energy Agency on submission of the Iranian dossier to UN is true and the world community must appreciate harshly in this regard.

[AzatHayrenik]

What a nonsense. Azerbaidjan is far more dangerous to mankind than Iran is.

[AzatHayrenik]

I guess he "forgot" about Julfa and the pogroms.

[Gavur]

Azerbaijan President To Jewish Leaders: Talk With Hamas

By Yaakov Katz

Jerusalem Post
Feb. 14, 2006 4:26

Baku, Azerbaijan

Israel should open a line of communication with Hamas in an effort to
resolve the Middle East conflict, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
told a group of American Jewish leaders on Monday.

"Extremism is a dangerous trend and tendency," Aliyev told the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. "[But]
dialogue is [the] best solution even if sometimes its doesn't reach
solutions." Referring to the recent failure of Azerbaijanian and
Armenian peace talks in Paris over the weekend, Aliyev hinted to
the group of 100 that Israel should follow his example in entering
negotiations with Armenia, despite their failure.

"We need to try to explore every possibility," he said during the
meeting held at the Presidential Palace in Baku. The two days of
intense peace talks focused on finding a solution to ending the
bloody 18-year conflict over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Over
30,000 people have been killed during the conflict and 1 million were
made refugees.

"There are opportunities for finding peace in the Middle East," the
president continued, warning that "every aggressive step" leads to
more violence. "It is better to talk and be present than to oppose
and isolate," he said.

Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told the
conference that Azerbaijan did not plan on opening an embassy in
Israel in the near future. Israel has an embassy in Baku.

"We would like to move in the direction of sending more delegations to
Israel," Mammadyarov told the conference. He said that the opening of
an embassy in Israel was currently a "delicate issue" since Azerbaijan
would soon be taking up the chairmanship of the Organizations of
Islamic Conferences (OCI).

Both the foreign minister and the president warned of a confrontation
with their southern neighbor Iran, claiming that it could destabilize
the entire region. "The social and economic future of Azerbaijan
depends on the security in the region," Aliyev said.