KARABAKH ITSELF MUST INITIATE OSCE MISSION’S VISIT TO
TERRITORIES UNDER AZERBAIJAN’S CONTROL: YURI MERZLYAKOV

STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 7. ARMINFO. Nagorny Karabakh must initiate the
proposal on the visit of the OSCE mission to the territories under
the control of Azerbaijan. Russian Cochairman of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri
Merzlyakov stated during his meeting with refugees from Azerbaijan in
Stepanakert. Answering the question of journalists why the monitoring
group does not check the state of affairs in the territories, being
a part of former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous republic, the Russian
cochairman of OSCE MG noted that such an initiative must be made by
Nagorny Karabakh. Besides, if the side under whose control are nine
villages of former NKAR does not agree, then the group will not be
able to work. “We should not come here if the authorities of Nagorny
Karabakh did not agree”, Merzlyakov said. To remind, the monitoring
group of OSCE has completed his activities in Nagorny Karabakh and
it intends to leave for Armenia today.