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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    November 2, 2004 Tuesday

    Russia abstains from voting on UN GA agenda item on Karabakh

    By Yelena Pankratyeva

    MOSCOW

    Russia abstained from voting in favor of putting an item concerning the
    situation on Azerbaijan's occupied territories on the agenda of the
    U.N. General Assembly session.

    Moscow believes that "the initiative of considering this issue at the
    U.N. General Assembly session in parallel with its consideration by the
    Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe can hardly produce
    a positive impact on the negotiating process related to the
    Nagorno-Karabakh settlement," a Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry
    official said.

    The results of the voting "show that a majority of the members of the
    international community stick to a similar position."

    Russia "is interested in a prompt solution to the Karabakh issue and is
    doing all in its power to facilitate the solution, be it in a bilateral
    format or in a its capacity as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk group."

    Moscow believes that the Minsk group format "enables it to handle any
    issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to secure progress
    towards peace." "A recent meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and
    Armenia outlined prospects for the resumption of the talks aiming to
    find a mutually acceptable solution," the Russian Foreign Affairs
    Ministry official noted.

    The U.N. General Assembly took a vote on the motion to put an item on
    the situation in Azerbaijan's occupied territories on the agenda of its
    current, 59th session. Forty-two delegations voted in support of
    Azerbaijan's request, two delegations voted against with ninety-nine
    states, including Russia, abstaining.
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