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    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    Dec 2 2004

    `Azerbaijan not to allow cargo transit to Armenia'

    Hundreds of transit cargo trains have been withheld on the
    Azerbaijani-Georgian border for three days. The contents of 309
    carriages are suspected to have been en route to Armenia. Commenting
    on the matter, First Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov said that
    Azerbaijan can detain all consignments coming from other countries en
    route to Georgia through its territory,

    if they are further delivered to Armenia. He said that to prevent the
    transit delivery of goods to Armenia, he met with Georgian President,
    Prime Minister and Secretary of the Security Council last week and
    informed them of such instances.
    During the meetings, Abbasov urged the Georgian government to prevent
    such cases and warned against detention of all kind of cargoes to be
    dispatched to Georgia by Azerbaijan in order to protect the country's
    national interests.

    Azerbaijan and Georgia have signed agreements on transportation of
    transit and export consignments through the former's territory
    provided that they are not further passed on to Armenia, Abbasov
    said.
    Abbasov said, however, that there have been instances of cargo being
    delivered to Armenia through Azerbaijan, in particular, transit of
    oil products and fuel.
    The First Deputy Prime Minister also underlined that the freight
    trains, the destinations of which are determined, are allowed to
    enter Georgia.
    "Not a gram of fuel will be dispatched to aggressor Armenia, which
    has occupied 20% of Azerbaijan's territory, so that it could launch
    new military attacks on our country," Abbasov said.
    The spokesman for the Georgian Railway Office Stepnadze said the
    Georgian side is not aware of any cargo transportation to Armenia.
    "As far as we know, the consignments coming from Azerbaijan are not
    transported to Armenia via Georgia."
    He said that according to the existing bilateral agreements, the
    consignments may not be transported to a third country contradicting
    the interests of Azerbaijan and Georgia. Stepnadze indicated that the
    recent detention of railway carriages on the frontier will not affect
    bilateral relations.
    "There are no problems between the two countries and Azerbaijan
    reserves the right to inspect any consignment."
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