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    PolitInfo, Germany
    Jan 5 2005


    Azerbaijan President: Talks with Armenia Headed into New, Positive
    Phase


    Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has expressed some optimism about
    the direction peace talks with Armenia have taken.

    He says efforts to resolve the conflict between Armenia and
    Azerbaijan are moving into what he calls "a new, positive phase."

    Though some international entities are currently involved in
    discussions, Mr. Aliyev is inviting other international organizations
    to help resolve the dispute.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia are longtime adversaries with differences in
    ethnic, linguistic and land issues fueling their disputes. The latest
    conflict began in 1988 when the Armenian majority in Nagorno-Karabakh
    first asked Moscow to allow the region to join Armenia. Then in 1991,
    Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence.

    Ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia drove Azerbaijani troops
    from the enclave during a six-year war. A cease-fire began in 1994,
    but the enclave's final status has not been determined.
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