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Azerbaijani official: No elections may be held in Nagorno-Karabakh without Azerbaijani government's permission

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 18 May 2010 11:51 (UTC +04:00)
No elections may be hold in the Nagorno-Karabakh without the permission by the Azerbaijani government and the Azerbaijani Central Election Comsssion, Legislation and Legal Expertise Department head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Shahin Aliyev told journalists today.
Azerbaijani official: No elections may be held in Nagorno-Karabakh without Azerbaijani government's permission

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 18 / Trend A.Huseynbala /

No elections may be hold in the Nagorno-Karabakh without the permission by the Azerbaijani government and the Azerbaijani Central Election Comsssion, Legislation and Legal Expertise Department head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Shahin Aliyev told journalists today.  

"The Nagorno-Karabakh can not hold any election, as no country recognizes the Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent part. It is an Azerbaijan's territory," Aliyev said.

The Nagorno-Karabakh's Separatist regime will hold parliamentary elections May 23.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has expressed its protest against this parliamentary election.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.

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