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    ArmenPress
    July 6 2004

    AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS REFUSE COMMENTS ON GUL'S STATEMENT

    YEREVAN, JULY 6, ARMENPRESS: In a comment on Armenian foreign
    affairs minister Vartan Oskanian's visit to Moscow, an Azerbaijani
    daily Ekho writes that "Oskanian indeed has a lot to discuss with his
    Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, especially in the light of an
    article published by a Turkish daily Zaman.'
    The Turkish daily quoted Turkish foreign affairs minister Abdullah
    Gul as saying last Friday that "an important step has been taken
    towards resolution of the 16-year-long Nagorno-Karabagh conflict."
    Gul reportedly said during the meeting of the Justice and Development
    Party (AKP) that his Armenian counterpart Vartan Oskanian had said
    during a meeting on the sidelines of June 28029 NATO summit in
    Istanbul that "We can withdraw from Azerbaijan's all territories
    except Karabagh." The Turkish foreign minister pointed out that his
    Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov welcomed Oskanian's
    statement.
    Azerbaijan's foreign ministry refused, however, on Monday to
    comment on Gul's statement saying the trilateral meeting between the
    foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey was of a
    consultative nature. Another senior Azerbaijani official, Novruz
    Mamedov, the chief of presidential staff, said it was early to
    evaluate the report in Zaman. "The trilateral meeting in Istanbul was
    held behind the closed door," he added saying that "we shall have to
    wait until Elmar Mamedyarov, who is now in Brussels at NATO
    headquarters is back home."
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