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  • BAKU: "Strong authorities, week opposition in Azerbaijan" - OSCEchai

    "Strong authorities, week opposition in Azerbaijan" - OSCE chairman

    Baku, April 2, AssA-Irada

    Ways of settling the Upper Garabagh conflict and parliamentary
    elections due in Azerbaijan this November were discussed by the OSCE
    chairman-in-office Dimitrij Rupel and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
    Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku on Saturday.

    Rupel told a news briefing following the meeting that the OSCE would
    like for peace talks to intensify. The OSCE chairman said that during
    the meeting Mammadyarov expressed "new and interesting views", which
    need to be discussed with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian.

    Touching upon the parliamentary elections, Rupel noted that he has
    presented to Mammadyarov several OSCE proposals, but did not elaborate.

    "There are very strong authorities and week opposition in Azerbaijan,"
    said Rupel, underlining that the OSCE will express equal attitude both
    towards the authorities and opposition and try to achieve conduct of
    fair and free elections.

    The goal of Rupel's visit to Azerbaijan as part of his tour of
    the South Caucasus region is to get familiar with the current
    socio-political situation in the country and preparations for the
    upcoming parliamentary elections, as well as to discuss the Upper
    Garabagh conflict and ceasefire violations.*
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