Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 16 2005

Russian charge d’affaires calls conference of separatist republics
`meaningless’

Baku, September 15, AssA-Irada

Russian charge d’affaires in Azerbaijan Piotr Burdikin has said that
the recent conference attended by representatives of separatist
entities from Upper Garabagh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Dnestr has
no political importance. `The conference has no political weight.
This is a meaningless event’, he told journalists on Thursday.
Burdikin said that no interest is shown for the conference in his
country and it did not draw the attention of Russian politicians. The
event is of `familiarization nature’, he said.
The Russian diplomat said that the conference should not been seen as
an event affecting Azerbaijan’s interests, as no political decisions
can be made there.*