KARABAKH TURNS TO ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN

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[12:18 pm] 10 April, 2006

The Foreign Ministry of NKR made a statement today which says:
“The cases of the violation of ceasefire in the borderline of the
NKR and the Republic of Azerbaijan have become more frequent lately,
mostly because of the absence of the proper evaluation of the militant
statements which sound on the highest levels in Azerbaijan.

The incidents which result in the growth of the number of victims
near the borderline, deepen the mutual distrust and can cause serious
increase of tension in the Azeri-Karabakhian conflict zone which will
threaten the stability in the whole region. In this connection the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic re-confirms their position to settle the
conflict exceptionally by the peaceful way and expresses readiness to
meet the termless commitments of the sides towards the strengthening of
the ceasefire regime stipulated in the 1995 February 6 agreement signed
by the Defense Ministers of the NKR, RA and Republic of Azerbaijan.

We call on the other two sides – the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
Republic of Armenia which signed the above mentioned agreement to
join our initiative.

We voice hope that by the joint efforts and through the mediation
of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs, as well as other international
mediators it will be possible to re-confirm faithfulness to the
mentioned agreement and to realize the mechanisms stipulated in the
document for the localization of the incidents near the borderline.

The Nagorno Karabakh Republic re-confirms their position that
alongside with the unconditional preservation of the ceasefire regime,
the peacemaking processes by all the parties of the conflict, the
formation of trust between them as well as the enhancing of democracy
and respect of the human rights are the preconditions for the peaceful
settlement of the conflict.”