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| 20:52:40 | 16-09-2005 | Official |

BLOCKADE HINDERS ARMENIA

Today in New York during the high-level meetings in the UN Assembly General
60th session the RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan addressed the
Assembly.

He mentioned in his speech that one of the guarantees for stability and
security in the region is the peaceful settlement of regional conflicts, and
Armenia continues his attempts to find ways of peaceful settlement.

He said that the people of Nagorno Karabakh have made use of their right of
self-determination just like many other countries present and expressed
confidence that the peaceful co-existence of the countries in the region is
possible only in case of mutual respect, atmosphere of tolerance and will to
accept historical truth.

He also said that in the Southern Caucasus region special attention is paid
to the cooperation on the regional level, but unfortunately the blockade of
Armenia, as well as the absence of the wish to cooperate on the side of
several countries in the region hinder this.