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  • BAKU: Int'l Crisis Group expects peace accord during Aliyev-Kocharia

    International Crisis Group expects peace accord during Aliyev-Kocharian talks

    Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
    Aug 4 2005

    Baku, August 3, AssA-Irada -- The International Crisis Group hopes
    for a peace accord at the upcoming meeting of the Azerbaijani and
    Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian in Kazan, Russia.

    ICG is an organization engaged in the prevention of deadly conflicts
    worldwide.

    "An agreement on the Upper Garabagh conflict settlement may be reached
    at the August 26 meeting of the two Presidents. The talks on the issue
    carried over the past year enable this conclusion", the organization's
    project director on South Caucasus Sabin Frasier told Radio Liberty.

    Frasier said that the people were not provided with enough information
    on peace talks, which has led to public discontent and different
    speculations in the media.

    "Regardless of whether any agreement is reached, the Azerbaijani and
    Armenian government should provide the people with clear information.

    Otherwise, the public will disapprove any issue being agreed upon."
    The International Crisis Group's regular monthly report says that the
    mediating OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, during their recent visit to the
    region, expressed optimism concerning the peace process. The media
    have been covering the issue of holding a 'referendum' in Garabagh,
    which is denied by the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry, it said.

    "Although public opinion remains harsh in Azerbaijan, it is relatively
    mild in Armenia", the report said. It also indicated that with the
    parliament election approaching in the country, international pressure
    on Azerbaijan is increasing, as the United States, European Union
    and OSCE are making statements calling for a free and fair vote.*
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