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    AZERI OFFICIAL SAYS ARMENIA CANNOT JOIN GAS PROJECT UNTIL KARABAKH RESOLVED

    Turan news agency, Baku,
    9 Jan 2007

    Baku, 9 January: No bilateral or multilateral relations are possible
    with Armenia until the Karabakh conflict is resolved, the head of the
    [Azerbaijani] Foreign Ministry press and information policy department,
    Tahir Tagizada, has told Turan commenting on Armenian Foreign Minister
    Vardan Oskanian's statement today saying that Yerevan strives to join
    the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline.

    In order for Yerevan to join regional projects, obstacles to the
    resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict must be removed, namely
    occupied Azerbaijani territories should be vacated, Tagizada said.

    The diplomat also denied Oskanian's remarks that talks were under
    way on Armenia joining the gas pipeline project.

    The Armenian foreign minister today made a sensational statement
    about Armenia's wish to become a participant in this gas project in
    order to diversify its gas supplies.
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