Wednesday, 29 October 2003

U.S. AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION LEADER

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By empty (10/29/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Reno Harnish visited Musavat Party Chairman Isa Qambar, who is under house arrest, for 1 1/2 hours on 29 October to discuss the aftermath of the 15 October presidential election, Turan reported. Qambar refuses to recognize the validity of the official results of the ballot, according to which he polled just 13.97 percent of the vote, compared with 76.
Reno Harnish visited Musavat Party Chairman Isa Qambar, who is under house arrest, for 1 1/2 hours on 29 October to discuss the aftermath of the 15 October presidential election, Turan reported. Qambar refuses to recognize the validity of the official results of the ballot, according to which he polled just 13.97 percent of the vote, compared with 76.84 percent for Prime Minister Ilham Aliyev. Harnish said that political pressure on opposition supporters should be stopped but declined to comment on the 27 October arrest of Rauf Arifoglu, editor of the opposition newspaper \"Yeni Musavat.\" (Turan)
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