NKR President Gukasyan, OSCE envoy discuss conflict settlement

Noyan Tapan news agency
23 Sep 04

YEREVAN

The president of the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR], Arkadiy
Gukasyan, received the special envoy of the OSCE chairman-in-office
for the Nagornyy Karabakh issue, Filip Dimitrov, on 23 September at
the representative office of the NKR in Armenia.

The head of the information department of the NKR president told Noyan
Tapan news agency that during the meeting, the sides discussed the
settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict and possible steps in
this context.

Filip Dimitrov stressed that the OSCE chairman-in-office is interested
in a peaceful settlement to the conflict and spoke about the need to
speed up the process.

The NKR president specially noted the importance of the status and
security of Nagornyy Karabakh. Arkadiy Gukasyan expressed his
confidence that it is impossible to settle the conflict without taking
into account the interests of the NKR people.

At the end of the meeting, the NKR president confirmed that the
Karabakh side is ready to resolve the existing problems through a
dialogue.

The meeting was also attended by the NKR foreign minister, Ashot
Gulyan, and the personal representative of the OSCE
chairman-in-office, Andrzej Kasprzyk.