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  • BAKU: Baku concerned over U.S. planned aid for Nagorno-Karabakh

    Interfax
    July 2, 2004

    Baku concerned over U.S. planned aid for Nagorno-Karabakh

    Baku. (Interfax-Azerbaijan) - The Azerbaijani authorities are concerned
    over U.S. plans to provide the self-proclaimed republic of
    Nagorno-Karabakh with financial assistance.

    "It is not ruled out that this money will be spent on house
    construction projects in Azerbaijan's occupied territories as part of
    Armenia's illegal policy aimed at providing its people with
    accommodation in the seized Azerbaijani districts," reads an
    Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry press release.

    "Azerbaijan would like to know how the United States is going to ensure
    that these funds are spent on exclusively humanitarian projects and in
    compliance with international law," the document says.

    The U.S. Congress has recently approved an initiative submitted by its
    sub-committee responsible for providing international assistance to
    allocate $5 million for Nagorno-Karabakh as part of its aid program for
    the 2005 budget year.

    The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister fears that this assistance might have
    a negative effect on settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
    Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and another seven
    neighboring districts as a result of a 1990s conflict with Armenia over
    ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh. The OSCE Minsk Group, comprising the
    United States, Russia, and France, has been helping the two countries
    put an end to their disputes.
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