PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS NOT AFFECTING PEACE TALKS – OFFICIAL

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Oct 13 2005

Baku, October 12, AssA-Irada
The government sees no reasons for a ‘timeout’ in talks on settling
the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper Garabagh conflict due to the November
parliament elections, deputy foreign minister and the President’s
special envoy on the Upper Garabagh conflict said.

“The peace talks were suspended after the Kazan meeting of the
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in a move to once again look
into the gist of the discussions”, Araz Azimov told journalists
on Wednesday.

Azimov said the ‘talks should be continued till the end’, as the
resources available for this have not been exhausted yet. “There is
a high chance for Armenia in the talks and official Yerevan should
use it while it can”, he added.*