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06BAKU1708
2006-11-24 13:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
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GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001708
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR DAS BRYZA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/24/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
SUBJECT: GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER
10 REFERENDUM IN "NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC"
Classified By: Ambassador Anne E. Derse per 1.4 (b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001708
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR DAS BRYZA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/24/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
SUBJECT: GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER
10 REFERENDUM IN "NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC"
Classified By: Ambassador Anne E. Derse per 1.4 (b,d).
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3.
2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently
Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the
U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the
constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in
the so-called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." According to
local press reports, the draft constitution states, inter
alia, that the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" is a sovereign,
democratic, and law-abiding state, and notes that public
authority is being exerted in the territory by the "Nagorno
Karabakh Republic" until the territorial integrity of the
"Nagorno Karabakh Republic" is restored. GOAJ officials and
Azerbaijan's most influential analysts and journalists
believe that there are strong similarities between the
November 12 "independence referendum" in South Ossetia and
the December 10 referendum in Nagorno Karabakh, and have
noted that the U.S. rejected the South Ossetia referendum in
a strongly worded statement.
3. (C) We urge the Department to issue a similar, strongly
worded statement rejecting the December 10 referendum in the
so-called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." U.S. silence on the
December 10 referendum will be interpreted by senior
Azerbaijani officials -- as well as the general public -- as
at best a weakening of, or at worst a fundamental change in,
our long-standing policy of support for Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity. Public perceptions of a change in our
long-standing policy on an issue as fundamental as this to
Azerbaijanis will have serious, negative repercussions both
for the Minsk Group process and for our ability to advance
key U.S. interests in security, energy, and political and
economic reform.
DERSE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR DAS BRYZA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/24/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
SUBJECT: GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER
10 REFERENDUM IN "NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC"
Classified By: Ambassador Anne E. Derse per 1.4 (b,d).
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3.
2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently
Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the
U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the
constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in
the so-called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." According to
local press reports, the draft constitution states, inter
alia, that the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" is a sovereign,
democratic, and law-abiding state, and notes that public
authority is being exerted in the territory by the "Nagorno
Karabakh Republic" until the territorial integrity of the
"Nagorno Karabakh Republic" is restored. GOAJ officials and
Azerbaijan's most influential analysts and journalists
believe that there are strong similarities between the
November 12 "independence referendum" in South Ossetia and
the December 10 referendum in Nagorno Karabakh, and have
noted that the U.S. rejected the South Ossetia referendum in
a strongly worded statement.
3. (C) We urge the Department to issue a similar, strongly
worded statement rejecting the December 10 referendum in the
so-called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." U.S. silence on the
December 10 referendum will be interpreted by senior
Azerbaijani officials -- as well as the general public -- as
at best a weakening of, or at worst a fundamental change in,
our long-standing policy of support for Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity. Public perceptions of a change in our
long-standing policy on an issue as fundamental as this to
Azerbaijanis will have serious, negative repercussions both
for the Minsk Group process and for our ability to advance
key U.S. interests in security, energy, and political and
economic reform.
DERSE