MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF NKR COUNCIL FOR SECURITY

Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
03 April 2006

On March 31 Karen Baburian, the head of the administration of NKR
President, Secretary of the Council for Security of NKR, met with the
co-chairs of the US-Russian working group of the Dartmouth Conference
Vitaly Naumkin and Harold Saunders, who arrived in Stepanakert on
March 30 in the framework of their regional visit. Introducing the
official stance of official Stepanakert on the settlement of the
conflict over Karabakh, the Secretary of the NKR Council for Security
highly appreciated the efforts of the Dartmouth Conference to establish
dialogue and mutual confidence within the neighbour societies. Karen
Baburian said for its part Karabakh is ready to sign an agreement
with the other conflict parties on the prevention of dissemination of
hatred and assistance in the peace settlement of the conflict. The
participants of the meeting emphasized the importance of settlement
on the level of representatives of the societies of the conflict
parties. It was stated that although the Dartmouth Conference cannot
replace the talks conducted under the auspices of the OSCE, it could,
nevertheless, favor the atmosphere around the conflict and foster
the peace settlement of the conflict.