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From: Giorgi Kandelaki (GKandelaki@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Jun 19 2002 - 13:20:26 EDT
KOCHARIAN ACCUSES AZERBAIJANI COUNTERPART OF SEEKING TO DESTABILIZE
ARMENIA. Kocharian also said on 18 June that he believes Azerbaijani
President Heidar Aliev's 14 June statement accusing Armenia of
reneging on an agreement about an exchange of territory between
Armenia and Azerbaijan that was allegedly reached in March 2001 was
intended to exacerbate political tensions in Armenia, RFE/RL's
Yerevan bureau reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 17 June 2002).
Kocharian said he suspects Aliev made those allegations at a time
when Kocharian was already under attack from the Armenian opposition
in the hope that "the situation would explode." He accused the
Azerbaijani leadership of seeking his ouster and replacement by a
political figure who would agree to greater concessions in the
Karabakh peace process. Kocharian also repeated earlier denials by
senior Armenian officials that an agreement was reached in March 2001
on an exchange of territory with Azerbaijan. But he said he does not
consider it appropriate to make public the content of the agreement
that was reached in Paris in March 2001 just to demonstrate that
Aliev was not telling the truth. LF
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