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COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MEETS WITH CANADIAN MILITARY OMBUDSMAN

02.08.2007 [20:29]
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Azerbaijan’s Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Elmira Suleymanova met in Baku with visiting military ombudsman of Canada Ives Cote.

Ms. Suleymanova informed her Canadian counterpart about what is being done in Azerbaijan to ensure human rights and freedoms, the country’s participation in international conventions, and measures to build a well-organized army. They also discussed the prospects of bilateral cooperation and other issues of mutual concern.

On the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which had resulted in occupation of the Azerbaijani territories and ethnic cleansing of the native population, she stressed it must be resolved on the basis of the international legal norms and principles, and within the framework of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.