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    OSCE chairman-in-office called Nagorno Karabak as "disputable
    territory"

    01 April 2005 [16:01] - Today.Az

    The OSCE chairman-in-office, the head of Slovenian MFA Dimitrij Rupel
    stated in Yerevan, "Nagorno-Karabakh problem is a special case, this
    conflict may not be compared with other frozen conflicts".

    D.Rupel stated this, commenting his speech at the UN session of the
    Council of Security in New York, 4 March where he called
    Nagorno-Karabakh as "disputable territory" ("Mediamax").

    The OSCE chairman-in-office stated, "Information about frequent cases
    of violation of ceasefire at front line causes serious concern". "I
    hope, all possible measures are to taken for mitigation of existing
    tension", Dimitrij Rupel said. With that end in view he indicated, the
    parties are to abstain from "aggressive rhetoric". Dimitrij Rupel
    stated, he intends discussing situation at the contact line of the
    parties during negotiations with Azerbaijan leadership.

    "OSCE is unaware of "other methods" for settlement of conflicts,
    except peaceful methods", Dimitrij Rupel said, commenting the
    Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev's recent statement, if peaceful
    negotiations on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict fail,
    "Azerbaijan is to undertake other measures".

    He indicated, since this point till the end of summer it will be
    possible conducting negotiations between Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and
    Azerbaijan. D.Rupel underlined just as well, he looks forward to
    quickest prevention of violation of ceasefire regime and normalization
    of situation at the contact line. With this end in the view the head
    of OSCE indicated, undoubtedly he would discuss with Azerbaijan party
    the issue of moving the Azerbaijani positions towards the contact
    line. "We presume the aggressive language between parties is
    non-admissible", underlined D.Rupel.

    He said, main players in the process of settlement of Karabakh
    conflict are Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, telling this, he may
    imagine the situation, when opinions of other interested people may
    also be taken into account. D.Rupel added, he meant people of
    Nagorno-Karabakh in this instance.
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