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    ARMENIAN PLANS NEW ROAD TO DISPUTED AREA OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH

    Bloomberg / Business Week
    May 30 2013

    By Sara Khojoyan

    Armenia's plans to build a second main road to the breakaway region of
    Nagorno-Karabakh, a move that underscores that country's unwillingness
    to compromise with Azerbaijan over disputed territories.

    If Armenians build a second main road to Nagorno-Karabakh it may
    mean that Armenia "will be more uncompromising about Kelbajar,"
    Tatul Hakobyan, a political analyst with Civilitas Foundation in
    Yerevan, said by phone today in a reference to the adjacent region
    in Azerbaijan that the road will cross.

    The road will connect Gegharkunik in northeastern Armenia to Martakert
    in northern Nagorno-Karabakh passing through Shahumyan-Kelbajar, one
    of seven territories around the breakaway region under the control
    of Armenian forces. Shahumyan's return to Azerbaijan is among the
    most controversial points in deadlocked talks over a peace agreement
    mediated by U.S., Russia and France.

    Construction of the 114-kilometer (71-mile) road will start next
    year after the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, financed by the Armenian
    diaspora, raises $30 million, according to Gevorg Gevorgyan, spokesman
    for the fund.

    http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-30/armenian-plans-new-road-to-disputed-area-of-nagorno-karabakh

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