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    Azeri MPs say Baku not to object to Armenian presence at NATO seminar

    Ekho, Baku
    2 Nov 04


    As Ekho has already reported, the 58th Rose-Roth seminar organized by
    the Azerbaijani Milli Maclis [parliament] as part of its membership of
    the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is due to be held in Baku on 25-27
    November. The seminar is expected to focus on ways of resolving the
    Nagornyy Karabakh conflict. In his recent commentary on the issue, the
    deputy chairman of the Milli Maclis, Ziyafat Asgarov, said that the
    fact that the event was due in Baku would facilitate a solution to the
    Karabakh conflict.

    He also expressed his regret that "certain forces were interested in
    disrupting the event".

    "The main thing is not who will attend the seminar. What matters more
    is what issues will be discussed. Therefore, we need to focus on the
    gist of the issue instead of trying to create a show around someone's
    participation in the event," the deputy speaker said.

    As for the participation of Armenian MPs in the seminar, a member of
    the Milli Maclis standing commission on issues of defence and
    security, Alimammad Nuriyev, said: "At this point there is no clarity
    on the issue. But I would like to note that I have recently attended a
    Rose-Roth seminar in Macedonia, and although Armenia was listed among
    the attendees, Armenian MPs did not turn up in Skopje. I asked the
    organizers about that and they said that as a rule, the Armenians
    don't take part in such meetings for different reasons."

    Alimammad Nuriyev said the Milli Maclis administration had already
    expressed its attitude to the issue.

    "It was stated that the visit of Armenian deputies would be
    undesirable, but if they do come no-one would object to that. It was
    stressed that members of parliament are not military men," Nuriyev
    said.

    [Passage to end omitted: reported statements by the deputy chairman of
    the Armenian National Assembly, Vaan Ovanesyan, and the head of the
    Armenian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Mger
    Shakhgeldyan]
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