Baku Today
Aug 6 2004

Elections in Nagorno Karabakh May Harm the Negotiations

Baku Today 06/08/2004 18:07

Illegal elections to be held in Nagorno Karabakh may lead for
complication of the negotiations on Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict,
Azeri Foreign Affairs Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, told journalists
on Thursday.

`In one hand Armenian side expresses its wish for peaceful settlement
of the conflict and in other hand runs provocative actions,’ said
Mammadyarov, Turan reported on Friday. `But in present it’s quite
important to continue the negotiations.’

On August 3, Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary General of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) sent letter to the
Azerbaijani FM expressing his deep concern on the upcoming elections
for local authorities in Nagorno Karabakh on August 8.

And on August 4, Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council
of Europe, regretted that local self-government elections would again
be held in Nagorno Karabakh.