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GARABAGH 'REFERENDUM' QUESTIONS PEACE TALKS, OFFICIAL SAYS
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Dec 8 2006
The so-called referendum in Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, an Azeri region
under Armenian occupation, scheduled for December 10, questions the
negotiating process on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and once again
proves the insincere position of the Armenian side, an Azeri official
has said.
These plans represent proof that Yerevan is engaged in "playing a
multi-lateral game", the head of the President's Office international
relations department, Novruz Mammadov, told journalists.
"But regardless of what games they play, they will not be able to win
and reap dividends. Some international organizations and countries
have already expressed their opinion to that end. The world community
will never accept this show being staged by Armenians as a serious
legal act," Mammadov said.
Upper Garabagh is an Azeri region occupied by Armenian forces since a
1994 cease-fire ended separatist hostilities that killed an estimated
30,000 people and ousted about a million out of their homes. The
peace talks are brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the
United States, Russia and France.
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Dec 8 2006
The so-called referendum in Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, an Azeri region
under Armenian occupation, scheduled for December 10, questions the
negotiating process on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and once again
proves the insincere position of the Armenian side, an Azeri official
has said.
These plans represent proof that Yerevan is engaged in "playing a
multi-lateral game", the head of the President's Office international
relations department, Novruz Mammadov, told journalists.
"But regardless of what games they play, they will not be able to win
and reap dividends. Some international organizations and countries
have already expressed their opinion to that end. The world community
will never accept this show being staged by Armenians as a serious
legal act," Mammadov said.
Upper Garabagh is an Azeri region occupied by Armenian forces since a
1994 cease-fire ended separatist hostilities that killed an estimated
30,000 people and ousted about a million out of their homes. The
peace talks are brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the
United States, Russia and France.