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    Slovene, Azerbaijan foreign ministers discuss Karabakh conflict, democracy

    STA news agency, Ljubljana
    2 Apr 05

    Baku, 2 April: The Nagornyy Karabakh conflict and democracy-building
    topped talks held by Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, the OSCE
    chairman, with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku
    on Saturday [2 April].

    Rupel met Mammadyarov as he began the final leg of his three-day
    Caucasus tour, which has also taken him to Armenia and Georgia, as
    well as Kyrgyzstan.

    According to Rupel, Mammadyarov presented a number "of very
    interesting and fresh ideas" for a solution to the Nagornyy Karabakh
    conflict. [Passage omitted - background]

    Rupel today reiterated his call for both sides to join in efforts to
    step up talks for a final resolution of this issue.

    Meanwhile, progress in democracy was the other main topic of Rupel's
    talks with Mammadyarov. The Azerbaijani foreign minister said the pair
    agreed about the importance of building democracy in the country.

    Defending the OSCE's role in the region, Rupel said the security
    organization was not meddling in internal affairs or taking sides. The
    OSCE is merely striving to support a political process, he claimed.

    With parliamentary elections looming in Azerbaijan, Rupel said the
    goal of the government should be to ensure that there was no doubt
    about the validity and fairness of the vote.
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