He also said there was no resolution so far of the basic contradiction between the two sides: the Azeris demand that its territorial integrity be maintained, and the Armenian demand that Armenians in Karabakh had a natural right to self-determination.

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"There is a basic contradiction at the heart of government policy, " he told him.

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