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AZERBAIJAN SOCIETY OF AMERICA CALLS ON KOCHARIAN TO END
AGGRESSION
Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) held an action of protest in front of the White House during the meeting between Presidents Bill Clinton of the United States and Robert Kocharian of Armenia on Tuesday, June 27, 2000.
The protesters called on Armenia to end its occupation of Azerbaijani lands and its policy of ethnic expansionism, which led to the displacement of nearly 1 million people in Azerbaijan. As a result, Azerbaijan today is home to the highest per capita displaced population in the world.
Members of the Azerbaijan Society of America also called for an investigation of war crimes committed by Armenian armed forces under leadership of then separatist leader and current President of Armenia Robert Kocharian. Special concern was voiced regarding Mr. Kocharian's involvement in conducting the policy of ethnic cleansing on grand scale on the occupied territories and possible participation in the massacres of Azerbaijani civilians.
Azerbaijani-Americans reiterated their disappointment with the unfair and groundless congressional legislation known as Section 907 of Freedom Support Act, which rewards Armenia for aggression and punishes the Azerbaijani victims of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Section 907, enacted in 1992 under pressure from Armenian interest groups, prevents U.S. Government assistance to Azerbaijan and runs contrary to the U.S. national interest.
"This protest is another sign of growing awareness among the Azerbaijani-American community regarding the issues of concern to us. Members of the Azerbaijan
Society of America are raising their voice today to tell the American public that Armenia under President Kocharian is the aggressor in this war," said Ms. Tomris Azeri, President of ASA.
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICIAL SEES
NO OBSTACLES TO ARMENIAN,
AZERBAIJANI MEMBERSHIP.
Lord Russell Johnston, who is
chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, said in Strasbourg on 26 June that he anticipates
that the council will decide later this week to admit both
Armenia and Azerbaijan to full membership, RFE/RL's Armenian
Service reported from Strasbourg. He said that admitting both
countries simultaneously will help to resolve the Karabakh
conflict. Some observers had anticipated that Azerbaijan's
admission might be made contingent on whether the
parliamentary elections to be held in November are free,
fair, and democratic (see "RFE/RL Caucasus Report," Vol. 3,
No. 21, 26 May 2000). LF
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 124, Part I, 27 June 2000
ARMENIAN, U.S. PRESIDENTS
DISCUSS KARABAKH.
In a 35-minute meeting at the White House on 27 June, Robert Kocharian
and Bill Clinton reviewed the prospects for a settlement of the
Karabakh conflict, AP reported. A White House spokesman told
journalists that Clinton had assured Kocharian that the U.S.
"will do its part...to support and implement a durable
settlement." Kocharian also met with Vice President Al Gore
to discuss economic issues, U.S. economic aid to Armenia, and
draft projects for regional cooperation in the South
Caucasus, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported. LF
ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IN MOSCOW.
Serzh Sarkisian met in Moscow on 27 June with Russian President
Vladimir Putin, Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeev, and Russian Security
Council Secretary Sergei Ivanov to discuss military-technical
cooperation and expanding cooperation in the energy and
economic sectors, ITAR-TASS reported. Those talks were
intended to prepare for a visit by President Kocharian to
Moscow next month. Sarkisian also met with Russian Premier
Mikhail Kasyanov to discuss bilateral economic cooperation
and financing the training of Armenian military officers in
Russia. LF
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 125, Part I, 28 June 2000
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PACE chairman counts on establishing
dialogue between Baku and
Yerevan at parliamentary level
STRASBOURG. June 26 (Interfax) Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe (PACE) Lord David
Russell-Johnston hopes that the upcoming consideration of Azerbaijan's and
Armenia's requests to enter the Council of
Europe will promote the establishment of "a constant dialogue between Baku
and Yerevan at parliamentary level," and thus will
contribute to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
PACE cannot solve the problem of settling this conflict itself as it is
not its prerogative, he said at a Monday briefing in
Strasbourg.
Lord Russell-Johnston emphasized that the Nagorno Karabakh situation must
be resolved by means of a dialogue between the
two countries through international mediation.
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Azerbaijan grateful to China for support
in Karabakh issue
BAKU. June 25 (Interfax) Azerbaijan is thankful to China for support of
its in the Karabakh issue, Azerbaijani ambassador
to China Tamerlan Garayev told Interfax on Sunday.
In particular, Chinese parliament Chairman Li Peng told Azerbaijani
President Heydar Aliyev on Saturday that China
supports Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and called for implementation
of all U.N. Security Council resolutions on Karabakh,
Garayev said. These resolutions, passed in 1993 when Armenian forces
occupied six Azerbaijani districts, demand immediate
withdrawal of Armenian forces from all occupied Azerbaijanin lands.
Li Peng's visit demonstrates that relations between the two countries
become those of long-term strategic partnership,
Garayev said.
Copyright 2000 Interfax News Agency
Azerbaijan to draw attention to unlawful parliamentary election in Karabakh
BAKU. June 19 (Interfax) Azerbaijan will draw attention to the unlawful
"parliamentary election" in Nagorno-Karabakh at a
meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents Heydar Aliyev and
Robert Kocharian, diplomatic sources told Interfax
in Baku on Monday.
The unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh elected the legislature on
June 18. Baku does not recognize the power
institutions of the republic, which was proclaimed territory of
Azerbaijan's Nagorno- Karabakh autonomous region in 1991.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to attend the Armenian-
Azerbaijani summit, the sources said.
Aliyev will depart for Moscow on Tuesday.
Copyright 2000 Interfax News Agency
Turkey says Nagornyy Karabakh's "illegal" elections violate Azeri sovereignty
Text of report by the Turkish news agency Anatolia
Ankara: The Foreign Ministry has described the elections held in Nagornyy
Karabakh on 18th June as "illegal".
The office of the Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a statement it issued
following a question, noted that the Nagornyy Karabakh
conflict constitutes a great obstacle to peace and cooperation in the
Caucasus, adding that this problem should be assessed
within the framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and the
principles of international law.
The statement further recalled that Turkey exerted active efforts within
the Minsk Group in a bid to ensure that this problem is
resolved within the framework of the above-mentioned principles.
Pointing out that the elections render the just and lasting solution of
the problem more difficult, the statement added: "The
elections held in Nagornyy Karabakh, which is under Armenian occupation,
are illegal. These so-called elections are another
indication that Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty have
been violated."
Anatolia news agency, Ankara, in Turkish 1307 gmt 21 Jun 00
Copyright 2000 British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Monitoring Europe - Political
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Azerbaijan condemns Karabakh
parliamentary elections
BAKU, June 20
Azerbaijan on Tuesday condemned parliamentary elections in the
breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh, calling the
weekend vote "an attempt to give an air of legitimacy to the Karabakh
criminal regime."
In a statement published in the official Baku Worker newspaper,
Azerbaijan's Central Electoral Commission said the contest
was not valid, as it took place without the participation of Karabakh's
Azeri community.
"A parliament which is chosen by means of denying a large portion of the
population its constitutional right to cast its vote
cannot be considered legitimate," the statement read.
Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian region within Azerbaijan's
borders, achieved de facto independence from Baku
after a six-year conflict in which more than 30,000 people were killed.
A ceasefire was signed in 1994, but talks for a final settlement have so
far failed to produce results. In total, Baku lost around
14 percent of its land and some 600,000 Azerbaijanis were forced from
their homes.
Sunday was Karabakh's third parliamentary election since it declared its
independence, which has not been recognised by the
international community.
Thirty-three seats were contested by 113 candidates for the next five-year
legislative period.
Copyright 2000 Agence France Presse
Azerbaijan president to raise Karabakh problem in Moscow
BAKU, June 20
Ways to settle the Karabakh problem and the situation in the Caucasus
will be the principal themes of Azerbaijan President
Geidar Aliev's upcoming talks in Moscow. He stated this here on Tuesday
before flying to the Russian capital to attend the CIS
summit there.
Aliev said that he would continue in Moscow his dialogue with Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan, which was started in
Washington more than a year ago, and would then meet President Vladimir
Putin. Moreover, the leader of Azerbaijan does not
rule out the possibility of a tripartite meeting of the heads of the
above-said states. He may also hold political consultations in
quadripartite format with the presidents of Russia, Georgia, and Armenia,
during which Aliev expects to discuss ways to settle
regional conflicts and to coordinate the efforts to combat international
terrorism.
Touching on Russia's intention to introduce a visa regime on the borders
of the CIS states, Aliev said that in this case his
country would also consider some problems linked with such a procedure.
Copyright 2000 ITAR-TASS News Agency
Karabakh conflict can and should be
settled in three years
By Ivan Lebedev
WASHINGTON, June 22
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh can
and should be settled within the next three
years, said here on Wednesday Ross Wilson who was appointed new U.S.
ambassador to Azerbaijan.
Wilson spoke at hearings in the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
dealing with his approval at this post. Pointing to
importance of work in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, he emphasised
that strengthening of stability in
Transcaucasia meets fully the American interests.
Wilson confirmed the U.S. intention to cooperate actively with Azerbaijan
in developing energy resources of the Caspian, as
well as in such a sensitive sphere as nuclear and missile
non-proliferation.
Noting the territorial proximity of Iran, he said that Azerbaijan is an
important transit state for countries which seek to lay hands
on dangerous weapons and technologies.
Copyright 2000 ITAR-TASS News Agency
Foreign Ministry optimistic after meeting
Text of report by Armenian news agency Mediamax
Yerevan, 22nd June: The fact that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
have held a meeting is of great importance, for it
demonstrates the two sides' aspirations and political will to resolve the
Karabakh problem in a peaceful way, Armenian
Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ara Papyan, said in an interview with
Mediamax, commenting on the results of the latest meeting
between [Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan and [Azerbaijani President]
Heydar Aliyev on 20th June in Moscow.
Papyan said these meetings form an atmosphere which would make it possible
to resolve the problem.
"No-one actually thinks that the Karabakh problem will be resolved during
the meeting between the two presidents. There is a
different process for that and a different format which should definitely
involve a third side to the conflict - the Nagornyy
Karabakh Republic," the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed.
Mediamax news agency, Yerevan, in Russian 0955 gmt 22 Jun00
Copyright 2000 British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
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Is a settlement possible?
Economist June 24, 2000 , U.S. Edition
Cautious hopes are rising for a settlement of a bitter dispute between
Armenia and Azerbaijan that has helped to keep the
entire Caucasus region on edge
IF THERE is one ex-Soviet zone where peace looks both feasible and of
great benefit to almost all interested parties,
including the United States and Russia, it is the thorny old dispute over
Nagorno-Karabakh, a hunk of mountain that is legally
Azerbaijan's but controlled by Armenia. As long as renewed fighting is
only a machinegun burst away, and relations between
Armenians and Azeris are virtually frozen, there is scant chance of the
Caucasus realising its economic potential as a source and
conduit for energy. Now, however, things may change.
A ceasefire in 1994 left Armenia in control both of Karabakh itself and of
swathes of adjacent territory. But the dispute saps
the strength of both countries. Borders are still closed, mines remain
uncleared, railways do not run and more than 500,000
Azeri refugees are still living in camps.
Now, after Heidar Aliev and Robert Kocharian, the presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia, resumed talks in Moscow on June
21st, hopes of a breakthrough are flickering more brightly. In both
countries, there are domestic reasons why now might be the
time to strike a bargain. But the emotionally charged conflict has often
been a graveyard -- literally as well as metaphorically --
for politicians on both sides. Though grounds for hope do exist, it is not
yet clear whether they are strong enough to offset the
forces of fear and chauvinism.
On the Armenian side, Mr Kocharian's freedom of manoeuvre has been boosted
by his own remarkable escape from several
sorts of danger. About half the country's political leaders were
assassinated in a shootout in parliament last October. Albeit
unfairly, it was Mr Kocharian who took much of the blame for allowing the
shootout to happen, and he came under strong
pressure to resign. But he has outmanoeuvred the legislators trying to
impeach him, appointed a new prime minister and artfully
divided the war veterans' union. His background as a former wartime leader
of the Karabakh Armenians should enhance his
ability to deliver an agreement on his homeland's status.
His mind will be concentrated further in Washington next week. President
Bill Clinton may offer to bankroll a settlement to the
tune, it is whispered, of $2 billion -- dwarfing the annual budgets of
both warring countries. While discouraging
euphoria, Mr Kocharian says, "I would like to solve this problem before my
term ends [in 2003]."
What about Azerbaijan, an oil-rich republic that is failing to reach its
full economic potential, partly because of the
red tape and corruption that have driven some foreign companies -- and
even airlines -- to pull out? Mr Aliev, a
former member of the Soviet Politburo, seems ready to make concessions. He
is grooming his son Ilham to take
over and would like to bequeath him at least a framework deal. But Ilham
would not have anything like his father's
personal authority, so there is an argument for cutting a deal now, not
later.
If peace looks hard to sell in either country, that is partly due to the
climate of intolerance the leaders previously
helped to create. On both sides of the line, the Karabakh war, which raged
on and off for six years and took tens of
thousands of lives, has been mythologised in song, marble and film.
Undistracted by contact with one another, bar
informal trading links, the Armenians cast themselves as heroic freedom
fighters; the Azeris see themselves as
persecuted victims.
That strengthens the hand of vested interests such as the Armenian armed
forces and the Azeri-nationalist
opposition, which will probably denounce any peace deal as a sell-out. Mr
Aliev, who faces an election in
November, will have to tread carefully.
The room for compromise is limited. One sort of grand bargain has been
much discussed in Baku and Washington,
but firmly rejected by Mr Kocharian: an exchange of territory that would
leave the Armenians in control of Lachin,
the town whose surrounding land links Karabakh with Armenia proper, while
ceding Armenia's southern Meghri
district to Azerbaijan. The loss of Armenia's border with Iran would not
be welcome either to Mr Kocharian, which
has described the route southwards as a "road of life", or to Russia,
which has a close strategic relationship with
Armenia and has been wooing Iran.
Everybody agrees that Moscow's role in the Caucasus is crucial, but nobody
has yet worked out what sort of policy
will be pursued by President Vladimir Putin, or how he will adjudicate in
the battles between Russia's oil barons,
soldiers and diplomats. On the face of it, there are good reasons why
Russia, instead of simply fighting the
Armenian corner, should forge a policy based on co-operation with Georgia
and Azerbaijan too. If Russia would
settle for a share, but not a stranglehold, of the region's energy
contracts, it would win friends with "tankers rather
than tanks", as Araz Azimov, Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister, puts
it.
But there are sceptical voices both inside and outside Russia who reckon
the Kremlin may still see more pain than
gain in a Karabakh peace. After all, the conflict helps to justify the
large Russian garrison in Armenia.
Copyright 2000 The Economist Newspaper Ltd.
All rights reserved
Referred from Habarlar-L
Edited on June 23, 2000
U.S. DIPLOMAT SAYS KARABAKH CONFLICT
CAN BE SOLVED IN 3 YEARS.
The new U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ross Wilson,
told the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee on 22 June that he
believes the Karabakh conflict "can and should" be resolved
within the next three years, ITAR-TASS reported. The terms of
both Armenian President Robert Kocharian and his Azerbaijani
counterpart, Heidar Aliev, expire in 2003. On 21 June,
Kocharian said on returning from Moscow, where he had
discussed the conflict with Aliev the previous day, that "we
have embarked on more active negotiations, but at this point
I cannot yet conclude that the [Nagorno-Karabakh] peace
process is entering the final phase." "Hayots ashkhar"
reported. LF
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 122, Part I, 23 June 2000
TURKEY CONDEMNS
KARABAKH ELECTIONS.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on 21 June issued a statement
affirming that the 18 June parliamentary elections in the unrecognized
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic were illegitimate and constitute "yet
another indication that Azerbaijan's territorial integrity
and sovereignty are being violated," AFP reported. The
statement described the enclave as being under Armenian
occupation. LF
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 121, Part I, 22 June 2000
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Edited on June 21, 2000
KARABAKH ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED...
Sergei Davidian, whoheads the Central Electoral Commission of
the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, has confirmed the
preliminary results of the parliamentary poll two days earlier,
ITAR-TASS reported on 20 June. Of the 33 deputies, all of whom
were elected in single-mandate constituencies, 13 represent the
Democratic Artsakh party, which supports the leadership of
President Arkadii Ghukasian, Nine are from the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation--Dashnaktsutiun, one belongs to the
center-right Armenakan party, and the remainder are
independents, most of whom support Ghukasian. Of the 19
deputies to the outgoing parliament who contested the poll,
six were re-elected, including speaker Oleg Esayan. Davidian
said that the poll was valid but conceded there were
inaccuracies in voter lists. LF
...AS AZERBAIJAN SAYS POLL WAS INVALID.
In a statement published in the official newspaper "Bakinskii
rabochii" on 20 June, Azerbaijan's Central Electoral Commission
said the Karabakh poll was not valid as the enclave's former
Azerbaijani population were not able to cast ballots, AFP
reported. In 1988, Azerbaijanis accounted for approximately
20 percent of the population of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Autonomous Oblast. The statement described the poll as "an
attempt to give an air of legitimacy to a criminal regime."
LF
SOUTH CAUCASUS PRESIDENTS DISCUSS REGIONAL
CONFLICTS WITH PUTIN.
Armenian President Robert Kocharian and his
Azerbaijani counterpart, Heidar Aliev, met one-on-one in
Moscow on 20 June ahead of the CIS summit and then jointly
with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Karabakh
conflict, Russian and Azerbaijani agencies reported. No
details of those talks were disclosed. Georgian President
Eduard Shevardnadze later joined the three heads of states
for talks on regional conflicts, strengthening security in
the South Caucasus, and cooperating to fight international
terrorism, according to Interfax. In a joint statement, the
four presidents "expressed their readiness to consider
specific steps for settling bilateral and multilateral
relations, which will provide for the regulation of the
conflicts in the region," Caucasus Press reported. They also
welcomed international initiatives aimed at expediting a
solution to those conflicts. The four presidents pledged to
meet regularly at least twice a year on the sidelines of CIS
summits. LF
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 120, Part I, 21 June 2000
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Edited on June 19, 2000
NAGORNO-KARABAKH HOLDS
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
Voting took place "calmly" on 18 June throughout the unrecognized
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic for a new parliament, Reuters and
ITAR-TASS reported A total of 113 candidates representing
five parties contested the 33 seats in the new legislature.
Voter participation was estimated at 56.8 percent of the
84,000 registered voters, and 50 monitors from several
countries observed the proceedings, the legality of which is
not internationally recognized. The previous day the
unrecognized enclave's president, Arkadii Ghukasian, was
discharged from the Yerevan hospital where he underwent
surgery following the 22 March attempt on his life and
returned to Stepanakert. LF
PAKISTAN DENIES OFFERING MILITARY
AID TO AZERBAIJAN.
Pakistan's embassy in Baku has issued an official statement
denying media reports that at a meeting on the sidelines of
the Economic Cooperation Organization summit in Tehran on 10-
11 June, Pakistan's leader Pervez Musharraf offered military
assistance to Azerbaijani President Heidar Aliev in resolving
the Karabakh conflict, Turan reported on 16 June (see "RFE/RL
Newsline," 12 June 2000). The statement reaffirms Pakistan's
support for a peaceful solution to that conflict. It also
stresses the "routine" nature of the Pakistan-Azerbaijan
military training program, which is one of several in which
Pakistan is engaged. Groong cited "Kommersant-Daily" on 14
June as reporting that Musharraf has offered "the whole
spectrum of aid," including the participation of Pakistani
military units in a new offensive to win back control of the
enclave. LF
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 118, Part I, 19 June 2000
Copyright RFE/RL
Edited on June 16, 2000
ARMENIA, KARABAKH AT ODDS OVER CONFLICT SETTLEMENT?
In an interview published in "Nezavisimaya gazeta" on 14 June,
Naira Melkumian, foreign minister of the unrecognized
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, made clear that the disputed
enclave will not agree to any peace settlement that entails
an exchange of territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan. "No
one is planning to exchange anything," she affirmed. "I think
this is simply a brilliantly staged political intrigue with
far-reaching goals. It is most probably an internal political
intrigue set in motion in Yerevan," she added. Meanwhile
spokesmen for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation--
Dashnaktsutiun predict that the party may succeed in winning
the majority of the 33 seats in 18 June elections to the
Karabakh parliament, an RFE/RL correspondent in Stepanakert
reported on 14 June. LF
ARMENIA, NATO DISCUSS COOPERATION.
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met in Brussels on
13 June with NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson, whom he
briefed on the current stage of talks aimed at resolving the Karabakh
conflict, according to Armenpress, cited by Groong. Oskanian
stressed that the presidents of both Armenia and Azerbaijan
have reconfirmed their commitment to a compromise settlement
of that conflict. Robertson greeted Armenia's aspiration to
intensify its cooperation with NATO within the Partnership
for Peace program. Doing so, he said, will promote peace and
stability in the region. LF
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AZERIS COMMEMORATE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF FAMOUS JOURNALIST'S DEATH
It's been eight years that Chingiz Mustafayev has left this
world. One of the most renowned Azeri journalists and a
National Hero of Azerbaijan, Chingiz was killed while conducting
shootings near the Nakhchivanik village in Nagorno-Karabakh on
June 15, 1992. One wouldn't be mistaken if said that Chingiz
made a coup in Azerbaijani journalism by his professional work
bringing something new, extraordinary and unknown to the Azeri
viewers. Exactly owing to his programme "No One and Nothing Is
Forgotten," the rating of the national television of Azerbaijan
had been on the rise during those times. Chingiz refused to
wear a suit and a tie before camera that were long accepted as
dogma in TV and replaced them by a jacket and a jeans. The
principles of his work exceeded the standard canons of
journalism. Chingiz had been creating his own television by
displaying those shots he got in Karabakh without editing. His
video tapes are still being kept in archives of the world's
leading TV channels. We must treat with the sense of gratitude
the man whose voice over the sequences of the Khojali tragedy is
remembered by every Azeri. Not everyone could understand him.
By Ilgar Mikayiloglu, Samira Safaraliyeva
ANS News, June 15, 2000
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