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From: Giorgi Kandelaki (GKandelaki@sorosny.org)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 12:44:47 EDT
OFFICIAL SAYS TURKEY BACKS AZERBAIJAN OVER TERRITORIAL EXCHANGE. The
question of the status of land corridors linking Armenia and the
unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on the one hand, and
Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhichevan on the other, is the single
remaining obstacle to a solution to the Karabakh conflict, a source
close to the negotiating process told RFE/RL's Armenian Service in
Istanbul on 26 June. "The negotiating process has reached a point
where the Karabakh conflict can be considered resolved once a
solution is found to the problem of corridors," that source said. The
source added that Turkey is backing Azerbaijan's demand for an
exchange of territory whereby the Meghri corridor would become part
of Azerbaijani territory in return for the formal transfer to Armenia
of Lachin, which has been under Armenian control for 10 years. The
Armenian government rejects that option but is willing to allow
"unfettered communication" between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan via
Meghri. LF
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