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    ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN: NEGOTIATORS UPDATE KARABAKH TALKS FRAMEWORK

    EurasiaNet
    July 28 2009
    NY

    International mediators for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have penned
    a new draft document that will provide a framework for the next phase
    of talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia, regional media reported on
    July 28. Details of the document remain under wraps, but it builds on
    a white paper produced in 2007 in Spain by the US, France and Russia.

    The original document, known as the Madrid Principles, stipulates
    that Armenian forces must withdraw from seven Azerbaijani districts
    adjacent to Karabakh. A referendum on the territory's status would
    also be held in the region, which is primarily inhabited by ethnic
    Armenians. Yerevan and Baku have long argued about which of the
    above moves should come first. [For background see the Eurasia
    Insight archive].

    The Armenian opposition has bitterly opposed the Madrid Principles,
    claiming that such a deal may pave the way for Azerbaijan to regain
    control of the territory. Representatives of the three mediating
    countries did not specify if these two principles have been modified
    in the new document.
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