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announcements of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Vardan Oskanyan on
Karabakh settlement were subjected to sharp criticism by Chairman of the Party
of civil unity (PGE) of Azerbaijan, Igbal Agazade. As he said, these statements
are directed only on formation of a public opinion and do not reflect essence of
negotiating process on Karabakh. Igbal Agazade asserts that at a meeting of
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Ki West (Florida) was achieved verbal
agreement on principles of peaceful settlement of the armed opposition. As the
deputy noted, according to these agreements, 6 Azerbaijanian regions will be
made independent, including Shusha and 5 adjoining villages, where inhabitants
of 56 settlements including Khodjali will be placed. The road of "Molla
Nasreddin", connecting Shusha and Fizulinsky area will be restored and
handed over to international control. The status of binding corridor is given to
Lachin area, where international peace-making forces will be deployed.
From
Lachina, according to Agazade, the special road to Kelbajar and region Murovdaga
will be opened. The Azerbaijanian side demands creation of a corridor similar to
Lachina in territory of Megrin area of Armenia for connection with Nakhichevan
AR, however its contours are not determined yet. At the same time, according to
leader PGE, the Armenian side does not wish to transfer Megrin corridor to the
international peace-making forces, motivating it to be near to Iranian and
Turkish borders. Igbal Agazade also informed, that according to jurisdiction of
Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh is authorized to have national guards and to begin
as a free economic zone. Thus under control of the Armenian community will
remain Gadrut, Askeran, Khankendi and other 2 areas of former Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous region. The given option, considers Agazade, is not ideal for
Azerbaijan, but we accept it as a consensus. "If in Armenia, there will be
no change of authority, the oral agreement in negotiations at Geneva can be
transferred to a paper, - he declared, - however opponents of Robert Kocharyana
can use this issue for his removal from a post of the President ".
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14.05.2001
