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  • ANKARA: Armenia Accused Of Resettling Syrian Refugees In A Disputed

    ARMENIA ACCUSED OF RESETTLING SYRIAN REFUGEES IN A DISPUTED TERRITORY

    www.WorldBulletin.Net, Turkey
    Oct 3 2013

    Azerbaijan's UN ambassador said that Armenia had initiated a "very
    dangerous process" by transferring Syrian Armenians into the region.

    World Bulletin / News Desk

    Azerbaijan accused Armenia of resettling Syrian refugees in the
    disputed territory of Nagorny Karabakh, over which the two have been
    fighting for decades.

    According to AFP`s report, Azerbaijan's UN ambassador said on Wednesday
    that Armenia had initiated a "very dangerous process" by transferring
    Syrian Armenians into the region.

    Armenian authorities confirm that they have accepted more than 10,000
    ethnic Armenians. However, they deny the claims that they moved Syrian
    Armenians into Nagorny Karabakh. Armenia`s UN envoy called the charges
    as "lies and distortion."

    Armenian-backed separatists, supported by the Armenian government,
    gained the control of Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war in
    the early 1990s that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. Although
    a 1994 ceasefire ended major hostilities, there is still no peace
    accord has been reached by the sides. Occasional clashes erupt on
    a regular basis. Exchanges of fires throughout this year caused the
    death of 20 troops from either side.

    Azerbaijan's UN envoy Agshin Mehdiyev held a news conference yesterday
    and said "We continue to receive the reports testifying to purposeful
    (Armenian) attempts aimed at encouraging some categories of Syrian
    refugees to move to other conflict affected areas."

    He claimed that his government has information that the settlement
    of Syrian refugees in occupied territories has already started.

    Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov also raised the issue
    in a speech to the UN General Assembly last week.

    On the other side, Armenia's UN ambassador Garen Nazarian accused
    Azerbaijan with using the Syrian conflict for political purposes
    and refused the claim that Syrian Armenians have been moved into the
    mentioned region.

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