AZERIS PRESENT ULTIMATUM TO MOSCOW

The Baku police today prevented an attempt by “Organization for Liberation of Karabakh” (OLK) to hold an unsanctioned picket near the Russian embassy to Azerbaijan. As reported by “Turan” Azeri agency, by that the OLK activists had intended to express their protest against the Moscow policy regarding the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. The resolution spread by the picket participants among journalists noted, “Russia being a permanent member of the UN Security Council and co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group for settlement of the Karabakh conflict should make every effort to pass a fair decision over the confrontation.” The resolution also sets up a claim to end the double standard policy in the South Caucasus and to give up military cooperation with Armenia. Otherwise, Russia will have to renounce co-chairing the Minsk Group, the resolution says.