Document on Garabagh conflict sparks discontent

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 15 2005

Baku, July 14, AssA-Irada

A draft document on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper Garabagh conflict
presented in an international seminar which started in Tbilisi, Georgia
on Tuesday has sparked discontent from the participating Azerbaijani
representatives. Deputy chairman of the parliamentary commission on
international and inter-parliamentary relations, MP Gultakin Hajiyeva
said the document serves Armenians’ national interests.

“The most scary fact is that the draft aims introducing Upper Garabagh
as an entity and proving that the region is developing dynamically,
with the economy, law, banking system being established there.”

Hajiyeva did not rule out that supplements and changes will be made
to the document, saying that the involvement of Azerbaijani experts
in the matter, although late, is appropriate.

Along with Hajiyeva, historian Musa Gasimov and representative of the
Azerbaijani community of Upper Garabagh Karim Karimov are attending
the event, which also brought together 20 experts.

The three-day seminar is organized by the International Crisis Group.*