Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Feb 21 2008

Azerbaijan Takes Measures Regarding Invitation of Armenian
Separatists to Russian Parliament: Deputy Minister
21.02.08 15:29

Azerbaijan, Baku, 21 February / corr. Trend News I. Alizadeh/ Baku
has taken political and diplomatic measures to prevent the
self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from participating in the
hearings on frozen conflicts in the Russian State Duma (Parliament).

`The Embassies of Azerbaijan and Russia will deal with these issues,’
Araz Azimov, the deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan said to
journalists on 21 February.

The delegation of Karabakh separatists have been invited to the
hearings on conflicts in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent Countries)
to be held in the Russian parliament in March, Konstantin Zatulin,
the deputy chairman of the Committee of State Duma on Commonwealth
and Work with Compatriots said to journalists.

The deputy minister said that if necessary, Azerbaijan will appeal to
the Russian parliament.