Though Azerbaijan has been involved in the war by force and it has grave consequences, over 20 percent of its territory has been occupied and it has over million Azerbaijani internally displaced persons who have been banished from their native lands, it always supports the elimination of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict through political solutions.
Highly esteemed State Secretary of the United States Mr. Powell!
Esteemed co-chairpersons of the Minsk Group!
Esteemed participants of the meeting!
Esteemed representatives of mass media!
Ladies and gentlemen!
Mr. State Secretary, first of all, I want to express my gratitude for your invitation to pay a visit to the United States. I thank the government of the United States, authorities of Key West and the organizers of this meeting for hospitality and created convenient conditions for our work here.
Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has met with representatives of an international conference on the subject of “New opportunities in the development of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line—the historical Silk Road”.