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    RUSSIA SEEKS END TO TERRITORIAL ROW BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN

    Monsters and Critics
    http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1647424.php/Russia-seeks-end-to-territorial-row-between-Armenia-and-Azerbaijan
    June 24 2011

    Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with the leaders of
    Armenia and Azerbaijan Friday in a bid to reach an agreement between
    the two countries on the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Medvedev was hosting a summit with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
    and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, in the central Russian
    city of Kazan.

    Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan that
    has been controlled by Armenia since 1994, war ended between the
    two countries. The dispute over the territory's status, dating from
    the last years of the Soviet Union, is one of the most intractable
    conflicts in the Caucasus region.

    Medvedev said he wanted to bring Yerevan and Baku back to the
    negotiating table to find a solution to the dispute.

    Nagorno-Karabakh's territory currently is marked by a ceasefire line,
    where Armenian and Azerbajini troops sometimes exchange fire.

    A Kremlin statement said a top goal of the conference was obtaining
    a commitment from both sides to renounce force in resolving the
    Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.

    Both Sargsyan and Aliyev, in pre-summit comments, said they were
    'optimistic' the talks would help negotiators make progress towards
    ending the current deadlock.

    'We believe that there can be great autonomy (for Nagorno-Karabakh)
    Aliyev said, in comments reported by the Interfax news agency. 'But
    the territory is an unalterable part of Azerbaijan.'

    Replacement of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops on the ceasefire line
    with peacekeepers from neighbouring countries was another probable
    discussion topic for the summit, Interfax reported.

    Armenia has historically had a stronger army than Azerbaijan. The
    military balance between the two countries has shifted in recent
    years because of substantial arms purchases by oil-rich Azerbaijan.

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