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    ARMENIA THREATENS AZERBAIJAN WITH KARABAKH RECOGNITION

    Agence France Presse
    Nov 23 2009
    France

    Armenia on Monday threatened to recognise Azerbaijan's breakaway
    Nagorny Karabakh region as an independent state if Baku takes military
    action to reclaim the territory.

    "Armenia so far has not recognised the independence of Karabakh
    for only one reason -- so that it does not become an obstacle in the
    process of peace negotiations," Armenian presidential spokesman Samvel
    Farmanian said in a statement.

    "If peace talks fail and military actions begin, nothing will prevent
    Armenia from recognising the independence of Karabakh," he said.

    Tensions over the disputed region have risen after Armenia and close
    Azerbaijani ally Turkey signed an historic deal to establish diplomatic
    ties and re-open their border.

    On Saturday, Azerbaijani news agencies quoted President Ilham Aliyev
    as saying that Baku has the right to retake Nagorny Karabakh by force
    if ongoing peace talks fail to produce any results.

    Aliyev met with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian in Germany
    on Sunday for the sixth round of talks this year on resolving the
    conflict.

    International mediators said in a statement after the talks that
    "progress was made" but that "some issues still remain open."

    Backed by Yerevan, ethnic Armenian forces seized control of Nagorny
    Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in the early
    1990s, in a war that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives.

    Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are spread across a ceasefire line in
    and around Nagorny Karabakh, often facing each other at close range,
    and shootings are common.

    Azerbaijani media reported Monday that an Azerbaijani civilian had
    been shot dead by Armenian forces near the de facto border with Nagorny
    Karabakh over the weekend, but the rebel region's armed forces denied
    the reports.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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