REP OF AZERBAIJAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES INFORMATION ON
PREPARATION OF AGREEMENT ON CONDUCTING OF REFERENDUM IN NAGORNY
KARABAKH

BAKU, JULY 13. ARMINFO. The information on preparation of agreement
on conducting a referendum in Nagorny Karabakh is not true, Head of
the Department of Press and Information Politics of the Foreign
Ministry of Azerbaijan Tahir Tagizade told. He said that at this
stage of negotiations 7-9 elements are being discussed within the
frameworks of the Prague process: withdrawal of Armenian troops,
return of displaced people, restoration of communication,
establishment of measures of trust and so on. All the rest questions,
including the status of Nagorny Karabakh will be discussed at the
next stages, Tagizade said.

He noted that the position of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan
remains unchanged: the conflict can be settled only on the basis of
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Concerning referendum of status of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,
discussion of this question is possible only after return of all
Azeris to their native places. Expressing attitude to the information
concerning possibility of signing of peaceful agreement in 2005 or
2006 years Tagizade said that it was too early to speak about terms
of signing of document, because the work on text is still going on.