From: farid@mem.odu.edu (F. H. Miandoab)
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Subject: -->>> News - Azerbaijan <<<--
Date: 30 Sep 1992 21:20:07 -0500
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   BUSH, YELTSIN AND MAJOR MAY AFFECT THE SITUATION IN THE
   REGION

     BAKU (28 SEPT) TURAN: The great britain is ready to render
any assistance needed to azerbaijan which is regarded as a
state with democratic reform aims, according to statements
made by the trade and industry minister of great britain
heseltine in his talks with the azeri president elchibey.
    Responding to the heseltine's question about the prospects
of settlement of the karabakh conflict, president elchibey
outlined that personal authority of such political figures as
presidents bush, yeltsin and prime minister major might greatly
affect the situation in the region.
   A part of the talks was held behind the closed doors.
   Today, the british minister also met with the chairman of
the azeri supreme soviet isa gambarov.
   In the evening, after having seen the sights of the
medieval part of baku, heseltine left for madrid.--0--


EXPERTS OF RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY IN BAKU

    BAKU (28 SEPT) TURAN: A group of russian defence ministry
experts arrived in baku today. The group, consisting of three
colonels and a general, has to effect arrangements for the
arrival of the cis observers for implementation of azeri-
armenian ceasefire agreement.
   An official of the press-centre of the defence ministry
informed turan that the conflict zone,including azeri-armenian
common border and nagorno-karabakh,would be divided into five
sections to ease the control for implementation of the armistice.
   Press-secretary of the defence ministry, leyla yunusova, said
to turan agency that azerbaijan has sent an invitation to the csce
to dispatch its own observers to karabakh.--0-

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT TOURING TRANSCAUCASIA

   BAKU (28 SEPT) TURAN: "Democratic changes, taking place in
azerbaijan, are the focus of the us government's attention",
said the chief of the department for east europe and former ussr
, richard kauzlarich, during his talks with the president of
azerbaijan elchibey.
   Kauzlarich's arrival in baku is a part of his transcaucasian
tour. The state department's representative said to the azeri
party the us is ready to render assistance to azerbaijan to
negotiate a peaceful settlement of the karabakh conflict.
   Politico-economic questions of mutual interest were also
discussed during the meeting. Elchibey outlined "azerbaijan
is interested in establishment of new close relations with the
usa."--0--


HAMIDOV ACCUSES P.GRACHEV OF DESIRING TO ANNEX AZERBAIJAN

    BAKU ( 28 SEPT) TURAN: The azeri interior minister, hamidov
classifies as a "blazing declaration" the statement of the russian
defence minister p. Grachev on the possibility of dispatching the cis
peace-keeping forces to nagorno-karabakh.
    Hamidov, addressing the azeri population through the local tv,
outlined "the commonwealth has no joint armed forces but only russian
forces" and regarded an attempt of bringing troops into karabakh as "new
stage of confrontation with azerbaijan and new occupation of the republic."
    "Russia never had peace-keeping forces. Its army has been used
only for annexation of foreign territories with afghanistan and
czechoslovakia as an example. And it is perfectly clear that bringing of
the russian peace-keeping forces into azerbaijan is nothing else but a
veiled form of aggression", said the minister.--0--


SOCHI CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT NOT OBSERVED

     BAKU ( 28 SEPT) TURAN: Press-centre of the azeri defence
ministry reports that the villages in the azeri region of
kazakh were shelled by different arms from the positions in the
armenian region of ijevan last night.
     At the same time, the town of agdam and nearby villages
were heavily shelled by tank and artillery guns from the
positions in askeran and khanabad. A man was injured and several
buildings destroyed.
    In all, during the last two days, armenians have shelled
nearly all azeri frontier regions. There are reports on killed
and injured.
    In the armenian region of goriss, an ongoing transfer of heavy
vehicles and manpower to the so-called lachin corridor could be observed.
    According to the intelligence reports, in nagorno-karabakh,
additional sub-units and armoured vehicles of the armenian
expeditionary corps have been moved to the front line.--0--


MICHAEL HESELTINE " AZERBAIJAN HAS GOOD POTENTIALITIES TO
REPAY FOREIGN CREDITS"

     BAKU (28 SEPT) TURAN: As it has been already reported, a
group of english businessmen, headed by the trade and industry
minister, michael heseltine, of great britain, arrived in baku
yesterday evening.
     This morning, after the completion of the official
meeting of the english businessmen with the azeri leadership,
heseltine and the first vice-premier v.Akhmedov signed
two protocols on co-operation among the two countries.
     Heseltine stressed in his opening speech that " british
business is investing money in azerbaijan on the " gentleman's
terms" and if the azeri government fails to pass a package of
bills guarantying security for foreign capital investments
then no one would ever invest even a dollar in azerbaijan." The
minister also outlined that the foreign businessmen are expected
to be more willing to further the investments in the republic
if the azeri government builds up and makes it public the concept
of the republic's economic development. In line with that,
heseltine stressed " azerbaijan, owning big oil resources,
has much more potentialities to repay the foreign credits compared
with the other cis states."
    First vice-premier of azerbaijan, vahid ahmedov, told the
turan correspondent that the signed protocols made a good start for
the british business to participate in such spheres of the azeri
economy as oil and oil refining industries, public health,
agriculture, communication service, chemical industry and so
on. Total amount of the british investments in azerbaijan is
estimated at tens of millions us dollars.
   The consultant of the b.P company, tamara dragadze, said to the
turan correspondent " drastic steps made by such a big and
well-known company as b.P. Were taken by the west as a mark
of the political stability in azerbaijan and that made the
foreign businessmen think about their own investments in
azerbaijan."
   Nadjaf nadjafov, the representative of the azeri president to
the talks with the british businessmen, thinks that azerbaijani
parliament should work out and pass in the shortest possible
time all the needed bills favouring the attraction of the western
capital to the azeri economy.--0--

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