Politics:

Baku indirectly consents to the referendum on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh

Нigh-ranking official from Aliev's administration supposes that peace agreement should suppose conducting a referendum after 15-20 years.

January 21, 2006
In his interview to a state information agency the head of international relations department of Azeri president's administration Novruz Mamedov indirectly confirmed that the plan of Karabakh conflict settlement which is currently under discussion supposes assignment of international peace-making forces and conducting of a referendum on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. This revelation of the Azeri state figure from Ilham Aliev's administration is not accidental taking into account the fact that the interview was published on the day when negotiations between foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan where under way in London.
 
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