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    Interfax News Agency, Russia
    Oct 30 2008



    KARABAKH PROBLEM WON'T BE NEGOTIATED AT TRIPARTITE MINISTERIAL ...


    The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia will meet in
    Moscow on October 31 and speak to the OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen on
    November 1, Azerbaijani Acting Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov told
    the media.

    Results of these meetings will be conveyed to the presidents [of
    Azerbaijan and Armenia], and negotiations will follow, he said.

    The possible recognition of independent Karabakh is not a subject of
    the negotiations, the acting minister said.

    There are two parties to the conflict - Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    The Karabakh Azerbaijani and Armenian communities had been taking part
    until Armenia decided to speak on behalf of the Armenian
    community. Thus, I think it would be senseless to change the
    negotiating format so far, he said in comments on Yerevan's suggestion
    to engage Karabakh Armenians in the talks.

    Certainly, Azerbaijan recognizes the self-determination principle
    because it is a member of the UN and the Helsinki Final Act. On the
    other hand, self-determination does not imply an armed breach of
    territorial integrity. So, we want Azerbaijanis' return to Karabakh,
    peaceful co-existence and political and economic normalization prior
    to the possible definition of the [Karabakh] status, he said.

    Mamedyarov referred to Tatarstan as an example of such status in the
    Russian Federation.

    In other words, Karabakh may enjoy the highest degree of autonomy
    within territory integral Azerbaijan, he said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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