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    MP urges US envoy to respect Azerbaijan's territorial integrity

    Ekspress, Baku
    4 Jun 04

    Text of Farid report by Azerbaijani newspaper Ekspress on 4 June
    headlined "A message from Gular Ahmadova to the US ambassador" and
    subheaded "We can present you with articles by Armenian journalists
    expressing their thanks to America for economic revival in Nagornyy
    Karabakh"

    The contradictory statements made by the US ambassador to Azerbaijan,
    Reno Harnish, on the activities of US companies in Nagornyy Karabakh
    have caused discontent among MPs from the NAP [ruling New Azerbaijan
    Party]. Remarks and speeches full of displeasure are already being
    voiced in the parliament. A speech by Gular Ahmadova made at the last
    session of parliament is one of this kind.

    "Mr Harnish, if you do not have any information about this, then we
    can provide you with it. We can present you with articles by Armenian
    journalists expressing their thanks to America for economic revival
    in Nagornyy Karabakh."

    MP Gular Ahmadova addressed these words to the US ambassador. According
    to her, each of these thanks is a blow to Azerbaijan. For this
    reason, the MP asked the ambassador to clarify his opinion about
    these issues. Ahmadova thinks that giving contradictory information
    about such a serious issue does not do an envoy credit.

    We wondered which documents the MP had. Ahmadova said that she had
    a list of US companies working in Nagornyy Karabakh, which she was
    speaking about. She said she could present the ambassador with the
    list if he wished.

    "If the ambassador does not know about this, I can hand it over to
    him if he wishes," she said.

    Ahmadova denied that such remarks by MPs from the NAP might create
    anti-American sentiments.

    "There is absolutely no anti-American sentiment. We are in the
    same alliance as the USA on many issues and are members of the
    anti-terrorist coalition."

    Despite all this, the MP thinks that the Nagornyy Karabakh issue
    is very sensitive for all the forces in Azerbaijan - both for the
    opposition and for the government. Ahmadova thinks that since Nagornyy
    Karabakh is presented as Azerbaijan's territory in international
    documents, the US ambassador to Azerbaijan and the US State Department
    should respect this. The MP thinks that the issue should be approached
    attentively in terms of territorial integrity.

    "Such an approach is at least disrespect for Azerbaijan," the MP said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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