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Republic of Azerbaijan and its partner team from Nigeria had won the largest worldwide school contest dubbed: “The Mondialogo School Contest”. (24-SEP-2004)

Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents held meetings in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan within the summit of the CIS heads of state last Wednesday, Assa Irada informed. The two mulled over the protracted Garabagh conflict between Republic of Azerbaijan and Republic of Armenia. The first meeting was attended by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Steven Mann (USA) and Henry Jacolin (France), who informed the two leaders of the work recently done in this area. (24-SEP-2004)
 

The National NGO Forum held a news conference in protest against Armenian officers’ planned visit to Baku to attend NATO military training under the Partnership for Peace program due 13-26 September in Baku. (10 Sep 2004)
 

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has made an extraordinary statement calling all political parties for dialogue and reconciliation, Assa Irada news agency reported. Although such implications were made earlier by the President, they were not followed by any specific actions. Aliyev confirmed his proposal by issuing a decree pardoning 266 people, including the notorious separatist Alikram Humbatov, charged with high treason, and other individuals included into the Council of Europe list of people regarded as political prisoners. This is the fourth amnesty decree signed by Ilham Aliyev during his presidency. (09-SEP-2004)
 

A plane with humanitarian cargo on board has left Baku for North Ossetia, a source in the Azerbaijani Airlines State Concern told Itar-Tass News Agency.  (8 SEP 2004)

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 3 September pardoning 264 prisoners. This is the fourth amnesty decree signed by Ilham Aliyev during his presidency. (07-SEP-2004)

Media in the Republic of Azerbaijan released a statement protesting visit of Armenian officers to Baku to attend training to be held within NATO Partnership for Peace Program on September 12, 2004. The statement considers visit of Armenian officers who occupied Azerbaijan’s almost 20 per cent of territory as a stab against independence of Republic of Azerbaijan. (03 Sep 2004)

On Monday the court found the Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO) chairman Akif Naghi and five members of the organization guilty of violating public order and resisting police. The six GLO activists were arrested on June 22 while protesting against the participation of Armenian officers in a NATO conference held in Baku on June 21-23, Assa-Irada reported. (03-SEP-04)

The Upper Garabagh conflict was in the focus of Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov´s meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow last Wednesday. Lavrov said following the meeting that “Russia is interested in a peace settlement of the Upper Garabagh conflict, but the problem will be resolved only if the parties come to terms”. (28 August 2004)