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    AZERI TV CRITICAL OF ARMENIAN PRESENCE AT BAKU-HOSTED OSCE FORUM

    ANS TV, Baku
    16 Mar 06

    [Presenter] We have just learnt that representatives of the occupying
    state [Armenia] have set foot in Azerbaijan. It is intriguing that
    the government does not think this is a sign of Baku's cooperation
    with Yerevan.

    [Correspondent] The 14th OSCE economic forum entitled
    "Enhancing transport security in the OSCE area" was held in Baku
    today. Regrettably, representatives of occupying Armenia have attended
    this closed-door forum. The Armenian delegation led by a Nersesyan
    of the Foreign Ministry includes this country's representative to the
    OSCE, Minasyan, and Vaan Badalyan of the Transport and Communications
    Ministry.

    Frank Geerkens, who represents the OSCE's Belgian chairmanship, said
    that the key aim of the forum was to ensure the security of transport
    networks and develop transport in the OSCE area.

    [Geerkens, talking to reporters with Azeri voice-over] We mainly
    focused on regional cooperation. The OSCE mainly deals with three
    key issues. First, political and military issues, second, economy
    and environment, and third, human rights.

    [Correspondent] The Belgian representative sees nothing extraordinary
    in the fact that representatives of occupying Armenia are attending
    official events in Baku.

    [Geerkens] The OSCE deals with conflict settlement and crisis
    management. From this point of view, the main priority of the OSCE
    chairman-in-office is to find the best way, a diplomatic way, for the
    resolution of a conflict and play a coordinating role in this sphere.

    [Correspondent] What is more shocking is that Azerbaijani Deputy
    Prime Minister Abid Sarifov, who is attending the forum, also sees
    nothing extraordinary in the fact that Armenian representatives are
    attending the Baku event.

    [Sarifov] The presence of the Armenian representatives at the
    conference does not mean that we cooperate with Armenia.

    [Correspondent] Members of the Karabakh Liberation Organization
    attempted to stage an unsanctioned protest but the police thwarted it.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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