July 22, 2005 - 10:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will never "allow either
Nagorno Karabakh's independence or its joining Armenia", Azeri President Ilham Aliyev stated in Baku when addressing the conference dedicated to the outcomes of the social and economic development of the country's development in the initial half of the year. "Our position is unchangeable: separation of Nagorno Karabakh from Azerbaijan can be discussed neither today nor in 10 or 100 years", Aliyev said when commenting on some various publications about Karabakh's future. Azerbaijani leader stressed that the "occupation of the Azeri lands will not last eternally." "We will put an end to it and we want to settle the issue peacefully, via negotiations", he said.