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Armenian official denies Azeri statement on OSCE's new Karabakhpropo
September 10, 2004 16:42:05
Armenian official denies Azeri statement on OSCE's new Karabakh proposal
Mediamax news agency 10 Sep 04
Yerevan, 10 September: Official Yerevan has denied the Azerbaijani foreign minister's statement that the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group will submit an idea to the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents for consideration. According to the idea, the status of Nagornyy Karabakh will be discussed only after the return of the occupied territories and refugees.
"If the Azerbaijani media has not exaggerated Mr Mammadyarov's words and he has really made such a statement, then I am obliged to declare that this is wishful thinking on the part of Azerbaijan," the spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Gamlet Gasparyan, said.
On 9 September, Baku's Trend agency quoted Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov as saying that an idea according to which the occupied territories must be liberated and the displaced persons must be returned to their places of residence will be submitted to the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents for consideration. Only after this, can the status of Nagornyy Karabakh be discussed, the Azerbaijani foreign minister said.
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