According to an intergovernmental agreement, natural gas will arrive from "Shah-Deniz" Azeri deposit to Turkey by the beginning of 2005.

Co-chair of "Zang" party functioning in Akhalkalaki Mels Torosian said.

The international community is now dealing not with an unrecognized state and hesitating Armenia, but with an evident united position of the entire Armenian people - Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and the diaspora, Robert Kocharian noted.

"Progressive countries of the world should not shut their eyes to these facts for the sake of relations with Moscow," - Vafa Guluzade summarized.

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It in particular says, "February 20, 1988 has marked the Nagorno Karabakh people resolution to get rid of the repressive Azeri government and make its destiny itself. The American nation rests on the same striving for freedom."

Opposition leaders said when commenting on Chirac's statement at a joint press conference with Vladimir Putin in Paris.

In compliance to the conventional order the OSCE and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representations in Nagorno Karabakh are informed of the occurrence in their time.

Russian President’s visit to Paris was an unpleasant surprise for Azerbaijan. Statement of Jacques Chirac made during the joint press conference, in fact means that France allows the possibility of an independent status for Nagorno Karabakh, or its reunification with Armenia. The French leader made it understand that the official Paris was not going to recognize the sovereignty of Azerbaijan over Karabakh, predetermining results of negotiations. Chirac emphasized that the approaches of Vladimir Putin to the principles of Karabakh settlement were identical.