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    AZERBAIJAN REACTS TO ALLEGED PEACE DEAL ON KARABAKH

    ArmenPress
    July 13 2005

    BAKU, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani mass media reacted strongly
    to a RFE/RL report saying that Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities
    were close to hammering out a peace deal over the long-running
    dispute on Karabakh. RFE/RL reported citing a diplomatic source in
    Armenia that at the heart of the idea is a referendum in which the
    Karabakh Armenians will decide whether they want to be independent,
    become a part of Armenia or return under Azerbaijani rule in return
    for immediate return of five Armenian-controlled Azerbaijani regions.

    It said the referendum would be held within 10 to 15 years from the
    signing of a peace agreement and would follow the return of five of the
    seven occupied Azerbaijani districts around Karabakh. An Azerbaijani
    daily 525 gazet quoted a number of local analysts as saying that
    referendum would actually mean final loss of Nagorno-Karabakh.

    "The official Baku realizes well all negative consequences of a
    referendum , but it is the West that wants a peace agreement as soon as
    possible. If president Aliyev agrees to it, contrary to Azerbaijan's
    national interests, he will receive the West's support ahead of
    parliamentary elections in autumn,' the daily writes concluding
    that the West would close its eye to all vote rigging and human
    rights abuses, as it was in 2003 presidential polls. It also quotes
    a political analyst, Vafa Guluzade, as saying that Azerbaijan must
    not agree to holding referendum. 'Armenians have already conducted
    referendum and there is no doubt that they will again vote in favor
    of their independence from Azerbaijan,' he says.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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