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AZERBAIJAN DAILY DIGEST
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From: Daria Solovieva (dsolovieva@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 13:04:47 EST
The European Parliament adopted on 26 February a report drafted by its
rapporteur, Swedish parliamentarian Per Gahrton, calling for closer ties
between the EU and the three South Caucasus states, RFE/RL's Brussels
correspondent reported (see "RFE/RL Caucasus Report," 30 January 2004).
The Gahrton report specifically advocates an increase in EU aid to the South
Caucasus and calls on the EU to solicit the cooperation of Russia and Turkey in
resolving regional conflicts. Parliamentarians insisted, however, on removing
from Gahrton's draft report a demand that Armenian forces be withdrawn from
five Azerbaijani districts adjacent to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic in exchange for the resumption of rail traffic from Azerbaijan to
Armenia (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 January and 3 February 2004). The
Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on 26 February noting that "the
EU has refused once again to make a one-sided decision on
Nagorno-Karabakh," RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported. LF
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