November 7, 2003 - 23:52 AMT
AZERI DEFENSE MINISTER THREATENING WITH WAR AGAIN
A situation, the development of which is fraught with serious consequences not only for Azerbaijan but also for the international community has been created in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict region, as reported by Baku sources, Azeri defense minister Safar Abiyev stated today in Baku during the meeting with well-known US political scientist, US ex-president's adviser Zbignev Bzhezinski. In his words, "the fact that the international community is pursuing the policy of double standards - equating the occupant with the occupied country - instead of preventing aggressive separatism, causes astonishment". "It arouses non-confidence to the process of the peaceful settlement of the conflict and incites Azerbaijan to war", - S. Abiyev said.