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    HAMLET GASPARIAN: THEY IN AZERBAIJAN AGAIN CHERISH ILLUSIONS

    Noyan Tapan
    Apr 22 2006

    YEREVAN, APRIL 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Instead of seeing reality and
    perceiving what they have heard, they in Azerbaijan again cherish
    illusions. The RA MFA spokesman Hamlet Gasparian stated this when
    commenting, at the request of the mass media, on the response of the
    Azerbaijani MFA spokesman Tair Taghizade to the statement of the RA
    Foreign Minister Vartan Osaknian that "if Azerbaijan recognizes the
    right of the people of Nagorno Karabakh to determine independently its
    future status, Armenia is prepared to discuss seriously the issues
    of eliminating the war consequences." The Azerbaijani MFA spokesman
    positively assessed V. Oskanian's statement, noting at the same time
    that they understand "self-determination" of Nagorno Karabakh as the
    "highest autonomy" within Azerbaijan. In the words of Gasparian,
    recently the Armenian foreign minister has had several occasions to
    clearly express Armenia's position, according to which reaching a
    mutual agreement presupposes the recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh
    people's right of self-determination by Azerbaijan, which will be
    followed by discussion of the issues related to the war consequences
    elimination. "We would have been content with the precedence if the
    Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs had positively responded to
    the statement of the Armenian foreign minister by considering it as
    constructive. It would really promote positive developments regarding
    this issue. However, it became clear from the comments that the cart
    has not moved from its place at all. As soon as someone speaks about
    the right of self-determination of the Nagorno Karabakh people, they
    in Azerbaijan start to wallow in the Soviet nostalgia, cherishing
    the dream of "highest autonomy," Hamlet Gasparian underlined.
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