`RECOGNITION OF NKR WILL BE CORNERSTONE OF OUR WORK’
Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
30 Dec 04
On December 27 the newly appointed minister of foreign affairs of NKR
met with journalists. During the meeting he touched upon the plans of
the foreign ministry for the next year and focused on its three main
directions. `COur plans are mainly determined by the principles of the
recent speech of NKR president Arkady Ghukassian. But I would like to
highlight several important points. First of all, our main direction
in international policies will be the international recognition of the
Republic of Nagorni Karabakh. This will bethe cornerstone of our work
in the political sphere. At the same time all our relationships within
the country and with the international organizations will be
determined by it. The second direction to which I pay personal
attention, is protection of the rights of the citizens of NKR. From my
three years of work experience as the permanent representative of NKR
in Armenia I know there are many painful phenomena. Our citizens are,
in fact, devoid of state support abroad. The problem is not only the
scarce possibilities of our network of representations abroad. The
problem is internal self-organization, cooperation between different
agencies and ministries within the Republic of Nagorni Karabakh. This
comes to say that we must provide an adequate level of such kind of
cooperation. I can give several examples connected with our citizens
abroad. The main problem is renewal and change of
passports. Unfortunately, this year the passport and visa granting
body was not able to attend to the needs of our citizens quickly
enough. To be more clear, as a result our citizens in Russia may
become illegal. I will keep this direction in the center of my
attention and will personally follow the work done in this sphere. And
the third, the most important problem is the coordination of work of
the ministry and different departments of the ministry, cooperation
between them, setting aims and choosing the right ways of achieving
them. In brief, it is the problem of setting up a system of management
within the ministry corresponding to the international standards. I
think, through taking corresponding measures in all these three
directions we will manage to increase the general effectiveness of the
work of the departments of the ministry.’
AA.
30-12-2004