Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 14 2005

Representatives of separatist republics meet in Moscow

Baku, September 13, AssA-Irada

Representatives of self-proclaimed republics of the Commonwealth of
Independent States are attending discussions in Russia. A four-day
conference, `CIS Abkhazia, Yugoslavia, Dnestr, South Ossetia and
Upper Garabagh as a reality in the post-Soviet areas’, started in
Moscow on Tuesday. Attending the event are experts and scholars from
socio-political organizations of the Garabagh separatist regime,
which occupied Azerbaijan’s territories with the aid of Russia.
Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Khalaf Khalafov has said that
there is no legal basis for the documents to be signed by the
self-proclaimed republics.
`Since these are unrecognized entities, their discussions or any
document they sign will have no legal results.’
As for the fact the discussions took place in Russia, Khalafov said
official Moscow did not provide its permission for the meeting and it
was therefore informal.*

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress