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    Interfax, Russia
    May 7 2009


    AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN LEADERS START NEW ROUND OF KARABAKH TALKS



    Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh
    Sargsyan met in Prague on Thursday, a source at the Azerbaijani
    presidential administration told Interfax.

    The meeting attended by the two foreign ministers and the OSCE Minsk
    Group cochairmen is focused on the Karabakh settlement.

    The Karabakh legal status is the main stumbling block of the
    negotiations. Baku insists on resolving the problem with the
    preservation of its territorial integrity, and the international
    community supports this position. Meanwhile, Yerevan thinks that the
    solution should be based on another international principle, the right
    of nations to self-determination.

    In the opinion of Azerbaijan, the discussion of the Karabakh status
    can start only after the return of Azerbaijani refugees to the
    territory.

    If that does not happen and Azerbaijanis do not return to Karabakh,
    the status will not be discussed and there will be no negotiations on
    the Karabakh normalization, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz
    Azimov said prior to the Prague meeting.

    The discussion of settlement fundamentals suggested by the OSCE Minsk
    Group cochairmen goes on, he said.

    There are still some open questions and some agreements have not been
    reached, so nothing is confirmed until we coordinate the details.

    Our work will continue on this principle, Azimov said.

    The Azerbaijani lands occupied by Armenia must be freed, that's final,
    he noted.

    Karabakh will remain a part of Azerbaijan, and a way of co- existence
    of the two communities will be elaborated. We think this is the core
    of the process, but this goal can be achieved in several steps, the
    deputy minister said.
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