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  • BAKU: Azeri territorial integrity priority for Karabakh settlement

    ANS TV, Azerbaijan
    Oct 30 2008


    Azeri territorial integrity priority for Karabakh settlement -
    minister



    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has insisted that the
    Karabakh conflict should be resolved without compromising the
    principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

    On 30 October Azerbaijan's private ANS TV channel quoted Mammadyarov
    as saying that "the conflict should be resolved on the universally
    accepted principle of territorial integrity and no changes to this end
    is possible in the position of Azerbaijan".

    The TV later quoted him as saying that "official Baku respects the
    principle of peoples' right to self-determination. However, this
    principle cannot be applied to the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict."

    The Russian news agency Interfax quoted the minister as saying that
    "Karabakh can gain the highest autonomy as part of Azerbaijan's
    territorial integrity".

    Mammadyarov added that first of all, the Azerbaijani population should
    return to Nagornyy Karabakh and their peaceful coexistence should be
    ensured, and normal political and economic conditions should be
    created after which "we can speak about the possibility of defining
    the status".

    The report added that the Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian foreign
    ministers will meet in Moscow on 31 October. A meeting with the OSCE
    Minsk Group co-chairs will take place on 1 November.

    BBCM note: The Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents will be
    meeting on 2 November to discuss the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict.
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