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    ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS MUST TAKE DECISION ON REFERENDUM, SAYS MATTHEW BRYZA

    Baku, August 2. ArmInfo-TURAN. At present neither Armenia, nor
    Azerbaijan have agreed to any proposals of the OSCE MG co-chairmen.
    Part of the co-chairmen's proposals are still under discussion,
    Matthew Bryza, U.S. co-chairman of the OSCE MG, said in an interview
    to Yeni Musavat daily, while commenting on the reaction of Baku and
    Yerevan to the co- chairmen's proposals on the conflict settlement.

    With regard to the referendum on the Karabakh status, Bryza said
    that this idea was proposed by his predecessors, not by him. "The
    question on a referendum must be first agreed on by the presidents,"
    said Bryza. Results of the referendum will depend on its format and
    on the voting of the people living in Nagorno Karabakh. Bryza did not
    rule out the possibility of counting the votes of people that lived
    in Karabakh until 1988.

    Commenting on a statement about the participation of only Nagorno
    Karabakh's population in voting, Bryza said that this is not
    his personal position. "These are proposals put forward by the
    co-chairmen. I simply reiterate them. We did not insist on adoption
    or non-adoption of these proposals. We simply put forward proposals
    for your discretion," said Bryza.

    He also stressed that the latest proposals are the best ones that have
    been discussed during the past two years. He urged the parties of the
    conflict to express a concrete opinion on adoption, non-adoption or
    change of proposals.
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