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2 September 2003 - 18:18 AMT

OSCE TO ACTIVATE MEDIATION AFTER ELECTION IN AZERBAIJAN

The OSCE will actively engage in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem after the presidential election in Azerbaijan. Representative of the French parliament Ambroise Dupont stated in Baku yesterday at a meeting with Azeri prime minister Ilham Aliyev. As reported by “Interfax” agency, in his turn I. Aliyev said he would like “the OSCE Minsk group, of which France is one of the co-chairs, to activate its role in the Karabakh problem settlement.” A. Dupont also reported that the French parliament leader intended to visit the South Caucasian countries before the turn of the year.