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Azerbaijan does not Want Latest Developments in Armenia to have Negative Impact on Negotiation Process: Foreign Ministry

Politics Materials 3 March 2008 13:33 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 March / corr. Trend S. Agayeva/ Azerbaijan does not want the latest developments in Armenia to have a negative impact on the negotiation process, Khazar Ibrahim, the press secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan said to journalists on 3 March.

According to Ibrahim, Azerbaijan does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and it contradicts the traditions and policy of official Baku.

"The latest developments in Armenia are internal affairs of the country and we do not interfere with them at all," Ibrahim said.

The presidential elections in Armenia were held on 19 February and Serj Sarkisyan, a candidate from the government won the elections by polling 50% of the votes. Some nine candidates were nominated for the presidential elections. Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the former President of Armenia was second in the elections with 21.5% of the votes. The Armenian opposition, dissatisfied with the outcome of the elections, is already holding mass protest actions for the fourth consecutive day and is on sit-down strike. They are demanding a live broadcast, punishment to those who falsified the outcome and a re-run of the elections.

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