ArmenPress
Aug 5 2004

AZERI FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A STATEMENT ON MILITARY EXERCISES IN
NKR
BAKU, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS: Azeri foreign ministry did not stay
indifferent to the military exercises conducted in Nagorno Karabakh
jointly with Armenian military force. The agency has come up with a
statement which says that the military exercises together with August
8 elections in Nagorno Karabakh are a “regular provocation” by
Armenia. The military exercises “strain the atmosphere” before the
participation of Armenian representatives in the upcoming NATO
military exercises in Azerbaijan.
“Not only the actions taken by Armenian side sharpen the situation
but create difficulties for the upcoming meeting of Armenian and
Azeri foreign ministers,” the statement says. “Once again the
military exercises indicate the aggression from the side of Armenia
and its desire to keep the issue of Nagorno Karabakh unresolved,”
Azeri foreign ministry concludes.