Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Jan 20 2005

Pressure group concerned over OSCE fact-finding mission

The Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO) issued a statement on
Wednesday voicing concerns over some facts related to the expected
visit by the OSCE fact-finding mission to the occupied Azerbaijani
land. It says that the mission does not include any representatives
of Azerbaijan and will conduct monitoring only in the areas outside
Upper Garabagh’s administrative borders, and not all the occupied
territories.
The OSCE chairman’s special envoy Anjei Kaspshik stated earlier that
the mission may enter the occupied territories through Armenia.
GLO said that this make-up of the OSCE fact-finding mission and
Kaspshik’s irresponsible utterances once again show the pro-Armenian
position of international entities.
`This once again shows that Azerbaijan should reject the false
mediation of international organizations and talks on all levels, and
liberate lands from Armenian occupation through military action.’
The decision to set up the fact-finding mission was made only after
Azerbaijan put the issue of Armenians’ settlement in the occupied
land on the agenda of the UN General Assembly session.*