AZERI MASS MEDIA SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT ARMENIAN FOR

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AZERI MASS MEDIA SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT ARMENIAN FORCES PREPARING TO SURRENDER FOUR REGIONS OF LOWER Artsax

07.06.2002

 

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Making reference to diplomatic sources under the Council of Europe Azeri mass media report that in the course of Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian's recent visit to Strasbourg an agreement was allegedly reached regarding the Armenian forces surrendering four regions of the southern part of lower Artsax to Azerbaijan. It is reported that in exchange official Yerevan counts on lifting the blockade of the railway communication through Nakhichevan. Let us note that June 3 in the course of the meeting with the members of the delegation of the British House of Lords Heydar Aliyev stated that the railway communication through Nakhichevan could only be opened on conditions that the Armenian forces surrender four regions controlled at present by the Nagorno Artsax Republic defense army to Azerbaijan. The very regions, through which the railway trunk, which has connected Armenia with Azerbaijan, lies, are meant. As it is known, official Baku is more interested in operating the road through Nakhichevan than Yerevan is, as it is the only way to provide land communication with the autonomy forming part of the country. Nevertheless, Azerbaijan tries to put forward conditions, absurdity of which leaves no doubts they will not be accepted by Armenia. Let us remind that commenting on the possibility of surrender of a part of the security zone territories Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian recently noted, "such talks are absurd and laughable." "Even being a philologist I am not able of finding words to describe the degree of immorality of those, who spread such rumor," – the minister stated.

 

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THEY IN BAKU KEEP ON SPEAKING ON POSSIBLE SURRENDER OF LOWER Artsax'S FOUR REGIONS BY ARMENIANS

10.06.2002

 

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Azeri sources continue to insist on that the agreement on the surrender of four regions of lower Artsax controlled by the NKR defense army to Azerbaijan by the Armenian forces was reached in Strasbourg last week. The refutation of this information made by Armenian MFA press secretary on Friday was taken by Baku as an intention to keep the confidentiality. "Undoubtedly, taking into consideration the type of the negotiations conducted by Oskanian in Strasbourg, it would be naive to count on any other reaction of the Armenian party", "552" the Azeri newspaper states. According to Baku political scientist Mubariz Ahmedoghlu, "the recent proposals of the Council of Europe regarding the settlement of the Artsax issue might be considered acceptable for Azerbaijan". According to him, if the four regions are liberated, "the keeping of the other territories occupied will not be advantageous for Armenia as it will turn to a new blockade".

 

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