IPR Strategic Business Information Database
July 14, 2004

GOVT. SLAMS ARMENIAN TERRITORY ELECTIONS

According to IINA, Azerbaijan government has said elections proposed
by Armenia in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are illegitimate
since such a move is in complete contradiction of the international
law as well as the national legislation of the Republic of
Azerbaijan. A statement by the ministry of foreign affairs the
elections, scheduled for August 8 are illegal because they are being
held in conditions of continued aggression, occupation and forceful
expulsion of one third of the indigenous population of Nagorno
-Karabach region of Azerbaijan currently occupied by Armenia. It said
such action will negatively impact the current process of peaceful
settlement of the conflict and that fait accompli may not serve as a
basis for the settlement.