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 Member of Parliament, representing Nationalist Movement Party from Tokat, former state minister for Turkish-speaking countries and relations Reshat Dogru interviewed by APA - What can you say about the reports that Turkey has given up the stipulation of Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiations with Armenia? How true are these reports? |
 Goran Lennmarker, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia gave a short report to the Standing Committee this morning. Director of Communications Klas Bergman told APA that the report was about Nagorno-Karabakh and conflict in Georgia. He said that status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh is not acceptable and that the only solution is a peaceful solution. He said he hopes a solution will happen this year, in 2009. |
 “Unfortunately, the issue on Turkey’s retracting from the term of Nagorno-Karabakh to establish relations with Armenia is partially covered in Azerbaijani media. We know this issue as much as Azerbaijani media does. According to Armenian service of Radio Liberty, Turkey decided to open borders, establish diplomatic relations with Armenia and retracted from its previous position in order to make this decision. |
 The Azerbaijan’s manat remained as one of the most stable currency in the region and CIS area, according to a ranking list released by Finmarket. The Azerbaijani manat ranked second only to the Iranian rial in terms of stability, according the list based on the exchange rates of the Central Bank of Russia. According to the report, the manat strengthened by 18.43% against the Russian ruble. |
 Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate urging an investigation into whether the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR) and the ANCA Endowment Fund violated their status as charitable organizations, the Foreign Agents Registration Act and the Lobbying Disclosure Act. |
 “Everybody knows how important is the Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity for Turkey and our policy is unchangeable. Prime Minister Rejep Tayyip Erdogan, Deputy Prime Minister Jemil Chichek and Chairman of the Turkish-Azerbaijani friendship group at the Turkey’s Parliament Mustafa Kabakchi clearly underlined the Turkey’s position on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict”, Turkey’s embassy to Azerbaijan said, APA reports. |
 The Co-Chairs further underscore the non-use of force as a core element of any just and lasting settlement of the conflict. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group say there is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, and Matthew Bryza of the United States said in a statement. |
 Almost 50 Azerbaijani diplomatic offices in foreign countries will mark the 17th anniversary of Khojali genocide under the Heydar Aliyev Foundation’s support. Commemoration ceremonies on Khojali genocide will take place in Washington, New York, Warsaw, London, Hague, Dubai, Kiev, Moscow, Berlin, Strasbourg, Brussels, Bucharest, Geneva, Ankara, Istanbul, Prague, Paris and Tbilisi, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation told Trend News on Feb. 19. |
 Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to keep working on seven documents on economic cooperation, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told reporters at the end of the seventh meeting of the Azerbaijan-Iran Economic Cooperation Commission in Baku. The commission will cooperate in energy, communication and transport, economy, trade, economy, banking, agriculture, culture, tourism and jurisprudence, Mammadyarov said. |
 GUAM (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Moldova) will expand cooperation with Japan in energy, trade and transport fields. National coordinators of Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia and GUAM Secretary General Valeriy Chechelashvili attended the fourth GUAM+Japan meeting on Feb. 19, Advisor of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Japan Gursel Ismayilzade told Trend News in a telephone conversation from Tokyo on Feb. 19. |
 ISESCO condemns destruction of historical monuments in Azerbaijan’s occupied territories by Armenia, ISESCO Secretary General Abdulaziz Bin Osman Al Twaijri told journalists in Baku on Feb. 19. As a result of Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan, a plenty of Azerbaijani historical and cultural monuments have been destroyed, including 464 historical monuments, over 40,000 fancy-works and 4.6 million books. |
 On Feb. 19, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order on perpetuation of people’s poet Bakhtiyar Vahabzade’s memory, AzerTaj state news agency reported. According to the order, the Executive Power of Baku City must name one of the streets of Baku after Bakhtiyar Vahabzade and establish memorial plank on the building, in which people’s poet lived (Istiglaliyyet str. 9), the Executive Power of Sheki City must name one of the streets of Sheki city after Bakhtiyar Vahabzade and ensure the construction of the bust of people’s poet in this city. |
 The meeting of the MPs from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia in Vienna focused on the public-political situation in South Caucasus region. “During the meeting the importance of holding meetings of the MPs for the solution of the conflicts in South Caucasus was mentioned,” Eldar Ibrahimov, deputy chairman of Azerbaijan’s delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, told TrendNews in a telephone conversation from Vienna. |
 The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) said sufficient free airtime will be granted to referendum initiative groups. “Referendum initiative groups that want more airtime can receive it on a paid basis. The media is prepared to broadcast their opinions,” CEC Secretary Natiq Mammadov told journalists on Feb. 19. |
 The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) will insist on installing web cameras at polling stations on a referendum day. “The CEC is always interested in transparency issues of the election process. Transparency is a serious factor to assess the election process. It is efficient to apply web cameras as a transparency institution,” CEC Secretary Natig Mammadov told journalists on Feb. 19. |
 On Feb. 19, referendum training began for the members of Azerbaijani constituencies. The Central Election Commission (CEC) organized the training with the International Fund for Election Systems (IFES). The training will last from Feb. 19-23. The CEC training group will conduct a practical study on voting procedures and polling processes. |
 NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation will be discussed in Baku. NATO experts will visit Azerbaijan in late February, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry press service said. According to the NATO-Azerbaijan plan, NATO Joint Forces Command Naples experts will meet with Azerbaijani Defense Ministry officials from Feb. 24-26. |
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