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Rice Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Compromise

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  • Rice Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Compromise

    NewsBlaze, CA
    Aug 29 2005

    Rice Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Compromise

    Secretary of State phones Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev

    The United States attaches great importance to the upcoming meeting
    of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan and hopes they will make
    the compromises necessary in order to reach a settlement of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    That was the message when Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice phoned
    Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Azerbaijani President Ilham
    Aliyev August 25, according to the U.S. State Department.

    The leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States are scheduled
    to meet beginning August 26 in Russia's Volga River city of Kazan.

    Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a bloody war from 1990 to 1994, after
    the predominantly ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh
    attempted to break away from Soviet Azerbaijan. An estimated 35,000
    people died and tens of thousands of civilians were driven from their
    homes before the two countries agreed to a cease-fire in 1994.

    In terms of official policy, the United States does not recognize
    Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent country and supports the
    territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, maintaining that the future
    status of Nagorno-Karabakh is a matter of negotiation between the
    parties.

    The United States also remains committed to finding a peaceful
    settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the Minsk Group
    process, which is co-chaired by Russia, France and the United States.


    In its statement on Rice's discussions with the two leaders, the
    State Department said, `Both leaders were upbeat about the prospects
    for making progress.'

    `The Secretary stressed to President Aliyev the importance of free
    and fair parliamentary elections this November in Azerbaijan, and
    noted his important role in this,' the statement added.

    The United States has repeatedly urged Azerbaijan to meet
    international standards when it holds its November parliamentary
    elections and to implement the recommendations made by an
    Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observer
    mission after the 2003 elections.

    As recently as July 2, U.S. representative Christopher Smith,
    co-chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and a Republican from New
    Jersey, issued a statement saying he was `very disappointed' that
    Azerbaijan's parliament had passed an election law that does not
    incorporate many key changes recommended by international observers,
    especially in the composition of election commissions. (See statement
    released by Helsinki Commission.)

    The United States has also called on Azerbaijan `to implement fully
    the May 11 Presidential Decree calling for the conduct of free and
    fair elections.'

    In her phone call to Armenian President Kocharian, Rice said she
    `hoped Armenia would make progress toward enacting a package of
    constitutional reforms now before the parliament,' the State
    Department said.

    The government of Armenia submitted revised constitutional reform
    amendments to the Council of Europe's Venice Commission in July, and
    the United States at that time welcomed the Venice Commission's
    agreement to those amendments.

    The proposed reforms would improve separation of powers between
    branches of government and increase the independence and freedom of
    the media.

    The U.S. State Department has a fact sheet available summarizing the
    U.S. position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Source: U.S. Department of State

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    Hovik: Hey Condi, why don't you pour yourself a nice tall cup of SHUT THE ---- UP, AND STAY OUT OF OUR BUSINESS!

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