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20 October 2003 - 19:16 AMT

AZERBAIJAN NOT DISCUSSING ISSUE OF NATO MILITARY BASES QUARTERING IN COUNTRY

At present Azerbaijan does not discuss the issue of quartering the NATO military bases on its territory, Ilham Aliyev, who won the presidential election in Azerbaijan, told Russia TV channel. As for the presence of the NATO soldiers, these are rumors only, he said. “Realias are such, that speaking about it is premature yet”, – I.Aliyev stated.