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    Azerbaijan Cites 'Positive' Talks On Disputed Region

    RFE/RL Armenia Report
    Tuesday, 04 January 2005

    Baku, 4 January 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has said
    efforts to resolve the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict over the disputed
    Nagorno-Karabakh region are entering a new, positive, phase.

    Aliyev made his remarks yesterday at a meeting of Azerbaijan's Security
    Council. He said Azerbaijani officials are using all means to ensure
    negotiations with Armenia develop "positively."

    Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian exclave in Azerbaijan, has been de
    facto independent since Armenian-backed forces won control over the
    territory in 1994 following a six-year war.

    Despite a cease-fire, Armenian-backed forces and Azerbaijani troops
    continue to face off across a demilitarized zone, and shooting
    occasionally erupts.

    The two countries are involved in an international effort to reach a
    peaceful settlement, sponsored by the Organization for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

    (with additional AP reporting)


    http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/01/c05106b1-aeeb-441a-a8dd-df77bc12c395.html
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