AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT RULES OUT CONCESSIONS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
By empty (12/21/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In comments during a visit to the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan, President Ilham Aliyev ruled out on December 21 any compromise on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Aliyev called on Armenia to \"take a constructive position in the negotiations\" over Karabakh and warned Armenia \"not to look for excuses trying to buy time.\" He further stressed that \"Azerbaijan will never grant independence to Nagorno-Karabakh\" and noted that the Azerbaijani economy is seven times bigger than that of Armenia, with a military budget equal to the total Armenian state budget.Visit also
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