Politics:

The visit of the Armenian and Azeri intellectuals to Karabakh, Yerevan and Baku was of great significance to all the parties and necessary more than ever

The President Ilham Aliyev as always was faithful to his principles. He announced, "The conflict may be resolved exclusively on the bases of the principles of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan with high autonomy granted to Karabakh."

June 30, 2007
After the meeting of the President of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan held in Saint Petersburg, something definitely was to happen. The meeting was to lead either to war, or to some peaceful methods of conflict resolution. War wasn't unleashed, but the visit of the representatives of the Armenian and Azeri intellectuals was a great shock to the Azeri society; Arkadi Ghukasyan from a "separatist leader" became the President of "self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh" in no time.
 
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