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    ANS TV, Azerbaijan
    Oct 31 2008


    Karabakh solution possible only within Azeri territorial integrity -
    spokesman



    An Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that the Nagornyy
    Karabakh settlement is possible only based on the principle of
    Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.

    In remarks to the private TV station ANS on 31 October, Xazar Ibrahim
    said: "As we have repeatedly noted, Azerbaijan's position on the
    conflict remains unchanged. Azerbaijan's position will remain as it is
    in the current talks [meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian
    presidents in Moscow on 2 November]. The principle of territorial
    integrity is on the table. There can be no other solution to the
    conflict."

    Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) has
    protested at Russia's mediation in the meeting of the Azerbaijani and
    Armenian presidents to be held in Moscow on 2 November.

    The opposition Azadliq newspaper quoted a statement by the pressure
    group as saying that "Russia's aim is to deploy its military units in
    Azerbaijan under the guise of peacekeepers at any cost. On the other
    hand, the fact that Armenia does not give up its aggressive claims
    makes Azerbaijan's participation in the meeting impossible." The group
    said that the holding of military drills in Karabakh by Armenia and
    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's participation in the drills were
    "a flagrant violation of international legal norms".

    "Azerbaijan's sitting at a negotiating table with Armenia after all
    these facts is inconsiderable," the KLO said in its statement. It
    criticized international organizations and mediating states for "not
    reacting to Armenia's deeds". The group urged the Azerbaijani
    authorities to reject the talks through Russia's mediation, stop talks
    currently held on the Madrid principles and stop the "process posing a
    serious threat to the country's national interests".

    The opposition daily Baki Xabar quoted political analyst Qabil
    Huseynli as saying that it is not worth expecting serious results from
    the Moscow meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents.

    "I can say unequivocally that the meeting of the presidents due in the
    Russian capital will give no incentive for resolving the conflict. If
    the point is about the mediators, we should note in particular that
    those states did not took an unequivocal and sincere position on the
    conflict resolution. From this standpoint, Russia's negative approach
    should be noted particularly. Maybe, it is unnecessary to mention that
    the plan of the Karabakh conflict was worked out in Russia and it is
    namely Russia who delays the resolution and prevents the conflict from
    being settled. In this case, we cannot expect Russia to help resolve
    the conflict fairly and on the basis of international laws, by coming
    up with another initiative," Huseynli said.

    In an interview with Azerbaijan's 1news.az website on 28 October,
    Russian tycoon Boris Berezovskiy said that "Azerbaijan should not
    believe current [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin's Russia and
    its efforts to resolve the Karabakh conflict. I have been involved in
    the settlement for a long time and know exactly that the main brake in
    the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is the Kremlin 'hawks' who
    support maintaining tension in the Caucasus."

    Berezovskiy expressed his distrust in Russian President Dmitriy
    Medvedev's initiative to reconcile Azerbaijan and Armenia, adding that
    former President Vladimir Putin was behind the plan. "It is fully
    possible that he thought out some crafty plan which will not obviously
    be in Azerbaijan's interests," Berezovskiy said.

    He accused the tandem of Medvedev and Putin of trying to appropriate
    Azerbaijan and its wealth. "By all means they will twist your arms,
    threaten with the Karabakh conflict. Therefore, you should make sure
    that you do not fall into traps laid by Putin," the tycoon added.
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