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    BAKU BLAMES YEREVAN FOR LACK OF KARABAKH PROGRESS

    news.az
    Dec 2 2010
    Azerbaijan

    A senior Azerbaijani official has accused Armenia of undermining the
    Karabakh talks process whenever rapprochement is in the offing.

    Ali Hasanov, head of the Presidential Administration's public policy
    department, was commenting to journalists today on the OSCE summit.

    "Serious efforts for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    were made at the OSCE summit in Astana. The super powers showed their
    position and said the states must compromise for a peaceful solution to
    the conflict. Unfortunately, we did not see this, as the Armenian side
    dodged a solution by exaggerating the controversial issues," he said.

    "You remember how the authorities were changed in Armenia in 1999,
    although the sides were very close to agreement. So the whole world
    has seen once again that Yerevan is not constructive. However,
    our president set out the position of Azerbaijan in his speech and
    said that he could not bear a situation in which Azerbaijani land
    is occupied."

    Asked whether he meant that Azerbaijan's patience was running out,
    Hasanov replied that "Azerbaijan's patience is not infinite".

    "No-one should be surprised, if one fine day Azerbaijan exercises its
    right and moves to liberate its occupied territory. Nevertheless, for
    now we still support a continuation of the peace talks and hope that
    after the Astana meeting the Minsk Group will step up its efforts. But
    I repeat once more that our patience is not infinite. Armenia and
    the international community should draw conclusions from Yerevan's
    unconstructive position."

    Ali Hasanov said that Azerbaijan had signed the summit protocol with
    one condition: "It is noted that the international community will
    strengthen its role in the peaceful solution to the conflict. If
    Armenia does not back this, Azerbaijan will preserve the right to
    liberate its territories."

    The OSCE Minsk Group mediators on the Karabakh conflict had hoped
    that the two leaders might meet on the sidelines of the Astana summit.

    Armenian media claimed that it was Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
    who refused to meet the presidents of Armenia and Russia at the summit.




    From: A. Papazian
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