THE STATEMENT OF NKR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Lragir.am
10 April 06

Recently cases of violation of the ceasefire at the front line have
become more frequent due to the lack of an adequate appraisal of
top-level militaristic statements voiced in Azerbaijan.

The border incidents, which caused the number of casualties to go
up, deepen mutual mistrust and may lead to a serious escalation of
tensions in the zone of conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, threatening
stability in the entire region. With regard to this Nagorno Karabakh
Republic confirms its standpoint on a peace settlement of the conflict
and commitment to the maintenance of cease-fire, set down in the
February 6, 1995 agreement signed by the defense ministers of NKR,
the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

We call the other two parties, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
Republic of Armenia, which signed the abovementioned agreement,
for joining our initiative, and we hope that by cooperative effort
and mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, as well as other
international mediators and interested parties, it will be possible
to confirm commitment to this agreement and fulfill the instruments
set down in the document for localizing incidents at the front line.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress