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    Azeri ruling party official urges world bodies to ignore Karabakh youth forum

    Ekho, Baku
    30 Sep 04

    Text of E. Quliyev report by Azerbaijani newspaper Ekho on 30 September
    headlined "Boycott the Karabakh visit" and subheaded "Members of the
    New Azerbaijan Party urge youth organizations of the world"

    "The invitations to visit Karabakh sent out to representatives of
    youth organizations of different countries are a political action
    masterminded by the Armenian leadership," the deputy chairwoman of
    the New Azerbaijan Party, Bahar Muradova, has told Ekho.

    Let's recall that on its web site the Pan-Armenian international
    youth forum has posted an address to all youth organizations of
    the world, inviting them to take part in a fact-finding visit to
    Karabakh and assess the situation in the area of youth policy, human
    rights and democracy in conflict-stricken areas. The visit will lay
    the foundation for an international youth conference in the "NKR"
    [Nagornyy Karabakh Republic]. The web site also says that applications
    can be submitted to Armenian embassies before 4 October, while the
    trip itself is scheduled to begin on 15 November. It is said further
    that Armenian embassies, with the consent of the "NKR government",
    will be issuing visas to those interested. In conclusion, the web site
    says that the Armenian government guarantees an uninhibited visit to
    Nagornyy Karabakh.

    Muradova believes that this is all a further illustration of the fact
    that Armenia, in defiance of all laws, freely disposes of Azerbaijani
    lands and illegally invites representatives of international
    organizations to our territories.

    "Obviously a youth organization cannot finance such a major project
    on its own, it is probably financed by the Armenian government or
    diaspora," she said.

    She added that participation of different international
    organizations could undermine Azerbaijan's relations with the
    countries they represent. The ruling party representative stressed
    that among the invitees there might be organizations unaware of the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

    "We would like to inform them that the NKR is an illegal and
    unrecognized separatist formation, while a visit there without the
    consent of the Azerbaijani authorities represents support for the
    occupation of our lands," she said.

    Muradova said further that a round table on Pan-Armenian's attempt
    to organize a fact-finding visit to Karabakh had been held at
    the New Azerbaijan Party's headquarters earlier this week. The
    participants discussed possible measures of the Azerbaijani side,
    namely youth organizations, to thwart such activities on the occupied
    territories. Representatives of youth organizations adopted an address
    to the world youth urging them not to yield to the Armenian provocation
    and boycott the trip. Muradova added that the address would be sent
    to those who had been invited by Pan-Armenian. Another address has
    been sent to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
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