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Azeri parliament protests at NATO official's remarks on Karabakh
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29 December 2004
07:41
BBC Monitoring Caucasus
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Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency MPA
Baku, 29 December: Azerbaijan's parliament has sent a letter of protest to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's president, Pierre Lellouche, in connection with his statement that it is necessary to "hand over Nagornyy Karabakh under the provisional control of Armenia".
The letter of protest in connection with Lellouche's remarks was sent to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on behalf of Azerbaijan's parliament. Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov said at the parliament's session that in the letter, the Azerbaijani legislature demanded explanations from the president of the assembly concerning the aforesaid remarks.
The incumbent opposition has to quit the political stage of Azerbaijan, Alasgarov said. "Let younger forces replace them and establish opposition parties which will re-start the struggle for power," he said. In Alasgarov's view, a new opposition has to be created in Azerbaijan.
Source: MPA news agency, Baku, in Russian 0812 gmt 29 Dec 04
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