FINAL REPORT OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF OSCE PA GORAN LENMARKER ON
NAGORNY KARABAKH WILL BE READY BY THE SPRING SESSION OF OSCE PA

YEREVAN, MARCH 19. ARMINFO. The final report of Special Representative
of OSCE PA Goran Lenmarker on Nagorny Karabakh will be ready by the
spring session of OSCE PA. According to the Azerbaijani newspaper
Echo, a member of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation Eldar
Ibrahimov said after March 17-18 meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani
MPs with Goran Lenmarker in Brussels. He said that Azerbaijani MP
informed Lenmarker of the last information “on the occupied
territories, on living conditions of refugees, on the activity of
separatist regime in Nagorny Karabakh, as well as on the recent
frequent violations of cease-fire regime on the front line.” At the
same time, Ibrahimov expressed hope that all these data would be
reflected in Lenmarker’s report. The content of the report has not
been made public yet.

As it was report earlier, the Azerbaijani delegation promises to exert
all the efforts in order that Goran Lenmarker’s report reflects the
provisions of Atkinson’s report adopted by PACE and resolutions. In
July an annual session of OSCE PA will take place in Washington and
Lenmarker’s report to be presented there. If the above provision is
included in the report, Ibrahimov says that the adoption of
resolutions wherein Armenia will be recognized “occupant” will become
easier. According to the source, yesterday, members of the Armenian
and Azerbaijani delegations met with Representative of NATO Secretary
General on South Caucasus Robert Simmons. At that meeting, Azerbaijani
MP Sattar Safarov informed Simmons that cease-fire regime on the
front-line is violated every day by Armenia, several Azerbaijani
officers were killed and several were taken hostages. In his turn,
R.Simmons stated that he would bring these facts to NATO Secretary
General. Simmons expressed desire to bopth delegation that Nagorny
Karabakh conflict is resolved on the basis of international legal
norms. It should be noted that Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament
Vahan Hovhannissyan headed the Armenian delegation. However, he did
not mentioned any details.