From: farid@mem.odu.edu (F. H. Miandoab)
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Subject: -->>> News - Azerbaijan <<<--
Date: 16 Oct 1992 16:58:55 -0500
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  APF'S RIVAL SUSPENDED HIS POLITICAL ACTIVITY

    BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: The chairman of the union of the
azeri democratic intelligentsia, academician  nizami suleymanov
has announced today that he suspended his political activity and
that, as the academician stressed, would help to stabilize the
political situation in the republic and also to improve the
republic's statehood.
    Suleymanov was the main political rival to Elchibey
during the presidential elections of June, 1992 and collected
more than 33 per cent of votes. The academician has been in flat
opposition to the popular front up to this day.--0--


   PEACE TALKS CONTINUED

   BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: The cease-fire talks of the
representatives of the armed forces and officials of both
armenia and azerbaijan are under way at the railway station of
nyuvedi.
   There was a threat of breakdown of the talks due to the
armenian offensive launched in the region of lachin this
morning. But the sides managed to escape the new deadlock of the
peace talks as the armenian headquarters ordered their
forces to stop the offensive.--0--


   GOODS TRAFFIC TO IRAN IS QUESTIONED

   BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: Today the three-sided
iranian-azeri-armenian talks are held in the iranian julfa on the
iranian-azeri border. The sides are considering the question on
opening the railway traffic to iran.
    4,000 Vans, meant for iran, have accumulated in azerbaijan
through the armenian blockade imposed on the megri branch of the
azeri railway.
     But the deputy head of the nakhichevani section of the
azeri railway department ali mamedov said to the turan
correspondent one could not expect that the traffic would be
opened in near future.  The megri railway-bed and lines of
communications have been not re-established yet.--0--


   TROUBLE-SHOOTERS TO MEET IN KAZAKH

    BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: The two-day international seminar
under the motto "we are against violence", held in the baku's
suburb of zagulba and arranged by the azeri national committee
of the helsinki civil assembly, was over yesterday.
Representatives of german, turkey, georgia and russia
participated in it.
   The participants have passed a draft of the appeal, which is
to be issued after the final approval of it by the local
committees of azerbaijan, armenia and georgia. This document
contains, in particular, an appeal to all transcaucasian
republics to work out a package of cease-fire measures and to
start an exchange of hostages and prisoners of war.
    Representatives of the transcaucasian republics stressed
that the time for creation of the regional committee of the
helsinki civil assembly had not come yet. The sides are going to
consider this question in future.
    A member of the social-democratic group of azerbaijan
zardusht alizade said to the turan correspondent that the
trouble-shooters from these three republics and representatives
of international organizations would meet together in the azeri
frontier region in kazakh in the nearest future to discuss the
overall transcaucasian picture. --0--



    NATIONS ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE DESIRE TO COOPERATE

    BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: The delegation of independent
trade-unions of azerbaijan, headed by the chairman of the
organizing committee neymat panahli has left for kiev at the
invitation of the ukraine's national assembly to participate in
the opening of the azeri-ukraine society of friendship.
    The delegation will meet with the heads of the ukraine's
out-parties. The talks with the representatives of official
bodies are also planned.
     Panahli believes these talks have been urged by the
necessity of moral and political contact of the nations
achieved independence.  " We have achieved independence but only
mutual efforts of the independent states can safeguard it",
said panahli.--0--


    PEACE TALKS GOING ON IN THE REGION OF MEGRI

    BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: The peace talks of the
plenipotentiary representatives of the azeri and armenian armed
forces  are going on at the railway station of nyuvedi on the
armenian-azeri common border. But there is a real threat of
the talks breaking down.
    Today, at 8:30 local time armenian armed forces,
violating the azeri border from their positions in the village
of khndzoresk and karnidzor in the armenian region of goriss,
launched an offensive on the village of gyulyabir in the region
of lachin. Fierce combats are reported in this region.
    Information-analytic center under the azeri defence ministry
reports that the day before azeri army had been ordered not to
open fire along the armenian-azeri common border .--0--


   MIRAGE WAR PLANES READY TO BE SENT TO ARMENIA

     BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: Information-analytic center /iac/
under the azeri defence ministry reports that armenia has
purchased 16 mirage-type war planes from france, 6 of them
being ready to be sent to armenia.
     Iac also reports that the us armenian community has bought
8 heavy bombers which are to be sent to armenia from the
american military base of subic-bay /philippines/.
     There are reports on four su-27 military planes placing in
gyumri /former lenenakan/. Armenia transferred from georgia 21
anti-aircraft installations of strela-10 type. They say,
transcaucasian military okrug is armed with such installations.
     An officer of the anti-aircraft forces said to the turan
correspondent there has been not a single su-27 war plane in
armenia before.--0--


    RUSSIAN DEPUTIES ARRIVE IN AZERBAIJAN

   BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: 26-member delegation of the deputies
of the russian parliament is due to arrive in baku this evening.
The delegation will participate in the round-table negotiations
with its azeri colleagues and discuss the questions of bilateral
azeri-russian relations.--0--



    HAGGLING OVER TURKMENISTAN GAS GOES ON

   BAKU (16 OCTOBER) TURAN: Today the first vice-premier abas
abbasov left for ashgabad to sign bilateral commerce-economic
agreement with turkmenistan for 1993.
    Abbasov also intends to negotiate the question on resumption
of gas deliveries to azerbaijan.
     Turan agency was informed that in course of the
yesterday's telephone talks between the president a.Elchibey and
the president s.Niyazov, the sides discussed this question.
     As turan agency has already reported, despite of the fact
that azerbaijan had paid off his 713 million-ruble debt for the
turkmenistan gas deliveries and agreed to settle subsequent
accounts through clearing, turkmenistan refused to resume its
gas deliveries to azerbaijan.
     Observers were sure that behind turkmenistan's stand
stood the longing of the turkmenistan"s long-standing leader
Niyazov to force the president Elchibey, who had more than
once sharply criticized the central asian regimes for their
violation of the democratic freedoms, to make a first step to
meet him.--0--

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