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    Azeri opposition urges government to refuse OSCE's Karabakh mediation

    Interfax news agency, Moscow
    20 Jul 04

    BAKU

    The Democratic Azerbaijan opposition bloc has called on the country's
    authorities to refuse the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group in
    settling the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, Samir Asadli, a
    representative of the Civic Solidarity Party, which is part of the
    bloc, told Interfax.

    "We think the position of the OSCE Minsk Group is pro-Armenian. At the
    same time, it is widely known that it was Armenia that occupied 20 per
    cent of Azerbaijan's territories," says a statement from Democratic
    Azerbaijan.

    "The OSCE Minsk Group is supposed to take action, not make
    statements. The co-chairmen are not doing anything to settle the
    Karabakh conflict. It should be noted that one of the Minsk Group's
    co-chairmen is a representative of France, a country that recognized
    the so-called Armenian genocide," the statement says.

    "This is why the Azerbaijani authorities should refuse the OSCE's
    services and attempt to resolve the problem on their own," the
    statement says.

    Baku lost control of Nagornyy Karabakh and seven adjoining districts
    in a conflict with Armenia in the 1990s. The UN Security Council has
    denounced the occupation of Azerbaijani lands and has demanded that
    Armenia withdraw its forces. The US, Russian and French co-chairmen of
    the OSCE's Minsk Group are working to settle the conflict.
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