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    Azerbaijan welcomes Russia's efforts to end Karabakh conflict

    17:5202/08/2009

    BAKU, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's mediation in the dispute
    between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorny Karabakh region is
    producing results, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev said on
    Sunday.

    "The efforts being taken by Russia to settle the conflict deserve
    respect and are encouraging," Abiyev said during a meeting with Russian
    Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who is on a working visit to Baku.

    In July, Moscow hosted bilateral talks on Nagorny Karabakh between the
    Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, which were joined by Russian
    President Dmitry Medvedev the following day.

    Nagorny Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan with a largely Armenian
    population, has been a source of conflict between the former Soviet
    republics since the late 1980s. The province has its own government and
    is de facto independent.

    The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the mountainous enclave in
    1988-1994 left an estimated 35,000 people dead. Sporadic violence on
    the border has continued ever since.

    The Azerbaijani defense minister warned that if the conflict is not
    resolved peacefully, military confrontation will be inevitable.
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