ARKA News Agency
Dec 2 2004

Nagorno Karabakh should not become subject to speculations

Azerbaijan in panics as seriously looses on diplomatic scene

Because of crash on Rostelecom line Armenia deprived of Internet
access

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NAGORNO KARABAKH SHOULD NOT BECOME SUBJECT TO SPECULATIONS

YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. Nagorno Karabakh should not become
subject to speculations, RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian stated
today in the inteview to Public Television of Armenia. According to
him, opposition tries to use the topic of Nagorno Karabakh conflict
for achievement of their political goals.
Mentioning statements of Armenian opposition members that authorities
of the country delay the adoption of decision on Karabakh conflict on
purpose, Oskanian said that `the problem will be delayed just as long
as the settlement won’t come from the interests of Armenian people.
We will not cease controlled territories, without corrections in the
issue on self-determination of Nagorno Karabakh’. Oskanian called to
opposition to join efforts in the issue of Karabakh settlement.
Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when Nagorno Karabakh predominantly
populated with Armenians stated about its independence from
Azerbaijan. Military actions ceased after Armenia and Azerbaijan
signed armistice on May 12 1994. The cease-fire regime has been
observed up to date. L.D. -0–

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AZERBAIJAN IN PANICS AS SERIOUSLY LOOSES ON DIPLOMATIC SCENE

YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan is in panics as it seriously
looses on the diplomatic scene, as Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanian said in his interview to Public TV of Armenia. In his words,
today Azerbaijan became quite aggressive. `This aggressiveness is
explained by our success achieved during the last 5-6 years. New
Azerbaijani authorities visit different institutions and they do not
know what institution to include in the settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. Meanwhile many of these states are not aware of
the essence of the conflict and with the support of these countries
Baku is attempting to depart the attention from the issue essence’,
he added. In his words, the previous Azerbaijani President Heydar
Aliyev would not have made obstacles for Georgian cargo thru
Azerbaijani territory by supposing that part of them can go to
Armenia. `Detention of the cargo on the Georgian border, application
to the UN – all these are steps dictated by desperate state’, he
added. T.M. -0–

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BECAUSE OF CRASH ON ROSTELECOM LINE ARMENIA DEPRIVED OF INTERNET
ACCESS

YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. Since 3 p.m. the majority of Armenian
providers were deprived of Internet communication. As CEO of Arminco
provider company Andranik Alexanyan told, the reason of this was
crash on Rostelecom’s line. In his words, it is difficult to forecast
when Armenia will be able to re-connect to the world wide web. `We
have no idea what the reason of the crash and when it will be
repaired, however we can assure that our lines work uninterruptedly’,
he added. T.M. -0–