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  • BAKU: Azeri Foreign Policy Aide Decries Armenian Leader's Karabakh V

    AZERI FOREIGN POLICY AIDE DECRIES ARMENIAN LEADER'S KARABAKH VISIT

    Azad Azarbaycan
    April 1 2008
    Azerbaijan

    [Presenter] The reason for the visit of Armenian President Robert
    Kocharyan to the territories under occupation [Nagornyy Karabakh]
    is to seek a refuge if he is persecuted in Yerevan. As the head the
    foreign relations department of the presidential administration,
    Novruz Mammadov, told "Son Xabar" news programme, a malicious policy
    is behind all his efforts.

    [Correspondent over Kocharyan's video] Yerevan is facing a choice, it
    will either recognize Karabakh's independence or sign an agreement on
    collective defence with the illegitimate regime. Incumbent Armenian
    President Robert Kocharyan, who visited the occupied Azerbaijani
    lands yesterday, issued this statement at a meeting with heads of
    the separatist body.

    In his words, cooperation is an indication of development for the
    resolution of pressing problems. The Armenian president added that
    such an agreement would be a warning to those who issue belligerent
    statements. Kocharyan said that discussions for the resolution
    of the conflict would be held and Armenian parliamentarians would
    visit Karabakh with fresh proposals. He added that resolution of the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and the processes under way in the
    region prompt Yerevan to make changes in its steps with regard to
    Nagornyy Karabakh's status and its security.

    Asked under which conditions Armenia might recognize Karabakh's
    status, Robert Kocharyan said that if it concerns future steps,
    then this should be handled by the newly-elected president. However,
    it is high time to make a choice. Commenting on the 10-year-long
    Karabakh settlement process, Kocharyan assured that the situation
    was not negative for Armenia. He said that Karabakh's status was not
    discussed at talks with Azerbaijan.

    The head of the foreign relations department of the presidential
    administration, Novruz Mammadov, told ATV that what Robert Kocharyan,
    who did nothing during his 10-year term in office, said in Karabakh
    was nonsense. The head of the department said that Kocharyan's visit
    to Karabakh was connected with his intention to seek refuge when he
    is persecuted by some forces in Yerevan. As for opinions about the
    possibilities of signing an agreement on collective defence between
    Armenia and Karabakh or recognizing Karabakh's independence by Yerevan,
    the head of the department deems both options impossible. In general,
    Novruz Mammadov assessed Kocharyan's visit and the statements aired
    in Xankandi [Stepanakert] as cheap sabotage and an attempt to mislead
    the world community.
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