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Interfax, Russia
Dec 26 2012
Baku doesn't regard elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia as reason to
slow down Karabakh settlement
BAKU. Dec 26
The upcoming presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2013
should not become a pretext for slowing down the process of peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, head of the political
section of the Azerbaijani presidential administration Ali Gasanov
believes.
"We are not supporters of linking the election process with the
process of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. If you wish,
in addition to Azerbaijan and Armenia elections are held in each of
the three countries that are cochairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group,"
Gasanov told Interfax commenting on the opinion of several experts
that the negotiations may slow down due to the elections in the
conflicting countries.
"The conflict should be settled in the framework of international law
whoever may be elected president. Therefore irrespective of
presidential elections activities aimed at stopping the status quo in
the conflict must be supported in the nearest future," he added.
The recent change by Washington of its cochairman of the OSCE Minsk
Group will have no impact on the Karabakh settlement, Gasanov said.
"The main thing is the attitude of the presiding country to the
problem. We have excellent relations with all three countries and we
believe that these countries are capable of helping to resolve the
conflict," he said.
The official expressed confidence that the presiding countries will
bend efforts to stop the status quo in the conflict.
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From: A. Papazian
Dec 26 2012
Baku doesn't regard elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia as reason to
slow down Karabakh settlement
BAKU. Dec 26
The upcoming presidential elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2013
should not become a pretext for slowing down the process of peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, head of the political
section of the Azerbaijani presidential administration Ali Gasanov
believes.
"We are not supporters of linking the election process with the
process of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. If you wish,
in addition to Azerbaijan and Armenia elections are held in each of
the three countries that are cochairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group,"
Gasanov told Interfax commenting on the opinion of several experts
that the negotiations may slow down due to the elections in the
conflicting countries.
"The conflict should be settled in the framework of international law
whoever may be elected president. Therefore irrespective of
presidential elections activities aimed at stopping the status quo in
the conflict must be supported in the nearest future," he added.
The recent change by Washington of its cochairman of the OSCE Minsk
Group will have no impact on the Karabakh settlement, Gasanov said.
"The main thing is the attitude of the presiding country to the
problem. We have excellent relations with all three countries and we
believe that these countries are capable of helping to resolve the
conflict," he said.
The official expressed confidence that the presiding countries will
bend efforts to stop the status quo in the conflict.
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From: A. Papazian