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By Sara Rajabova

A U.S. professor has pledged he would try his best in delivering realities about Azerbaijan to the world.

Professor of the University of Montana, journalist Thomas Goltz made the remark in a meeting with Azerbaijan`s Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugee and IDP Affairs Ali Hasanov.

Hasanov said he was aware of the activity of Goltz, who attended different events in the U.S. and delivered a speech about Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as Khojaly massacre committed by Armenian armed forces in 1992.

He added Goltz made a lot of efforts in delivering realities about Azerbaijan to the world.

Hasanov also applauded shooting a movie about "Karabakh" FC by Tomas Goltz, as well as honoring the award of the cinema in Sport Cinema Festivals in Monaco.

He expressed concern about the existence of injustice in the world.

On independent policy of Azerbaijan, Hasanov stressed that the country prefers a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Hasanov further provided an insight into progress achieved by the country in the field of solving the problems of the IDPs, improvement of their living conditions as well.

The bloody war, which flared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor, left 700,000 civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh and the regions adjoining it, as well as the regions bordering with Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh without homes.

Moreover, 250,000 Azerbaijanis were expelled from Armenia and became refugees due to Armenia's ethnic cleansing policy after the emergence of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijanis who had displaced from their homes as result of the brutal war were forced to live in refugee camps in very difficult conditions.

As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost 100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.

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