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Representatives of so-called â€œNKRâ€ respond to Azerbaijanâ€™s proposal to hold meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno Karabakh

14 October 2011 15:43 (UTC +04:00)

This proposal was made by the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Head of the delegation Bahar Muradova said this meeting would be necessary for confidence-building between the sides and it could be held in Baku because Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh are the citizens of Azerbaijan.

Chief of the so-called â€œinformation office of the presidential administrationâ€ of the unrecognized â€œNagorno Karabakh Republicâ€ David Babayan said that this proposal could not be accepted. â€œThere are no such notions like Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno Karabakh. There is Nagorno Karabakh Republic and if Baku wants to solve Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict, it should address Stepanakert for holding bilateral meetings. First meeting can be held in Baku, next in Stepanakert or other places. But it should be a meeting between the representatives of two official sides â€“ Artsakh and Azerbaijanâ€, Babayan said.