YEREVAN, JULY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The withdrawal of Karabakh forces from any territory is out of the question as long as Azerbaijan refuses to recognize Karabakh's status and expresses no willingness to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharian declared. He thereby refuted the Azerbaijani foreign minister's statement that the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Lachin and Kelbajar regions will allegedly be the main subject of discussion at the meeting between him and the Armenian foreign minister to be held in Almaty on July 16 or 17.

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