May 18, 2005 - 10:51 AMT
ALIYEV: LACHIN REGION STATUS IMPEDES KARABAKH PROBLEM SETTLEMENT
Upon completion of the meeting with Robert Kocharian Azeri President Ilham Aliyev immediately reported on the outcomes of the negotiations to his "elder brother" Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Noting that no progress was achieved during the Kocharian-Aliyev meeting Radical Turkish newspaper whites that, according to Aliyev, this was caused by the discrepancy between Armenia and Azerbaijan on conducting a referendum in Nagorno Karabakh and the status of the Lachin region, Yerkir Online reports.