NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC REAFFIRMS ITS POSITION TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT EXCLUSIVELY BY PEACEFUL MEANS

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 10 2006

STEPANAKERT, APRIL 10, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. “The cases
of violation of cease-fire regime on the contact-line of Nagorno
Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces have become frequent recently,
which has also become possible in consequence of lack of a proper
estimation to the bellicose statements vioced at the highest levels
in Azerbaijan,” this is mentioned in the April 7 statement of the NKR
Foreign Ministry provided to Noyan Tapan by the NKR Foreign Ministry
Information-Analytical Department. As the NKR Foreign Ministry
emphasizes, the incidents that led to the increase of the number of
victims on the contact-line deepen the mutual lack of confidence and
can lead to growth of tenseness in the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict
zone threatening the stability of the whole region. In this connection
the Nagorno Karabakh Republic reaffirms its position to settle the
conflict exclusively by peaceful means and expresses its readiness
to fulfil the termless commitments of the sides in the direction
of strengthening the cease-fire regime stipulated by 1995 February
6 agreement signed by heads of NKR, RA and AR defence department
heads. The NKR Foreign Ministry calls on another two sides, the
Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, who have signed
under the above-mentioned agreement, to join the NKR’s initiative and
expresses the hope that with joint efforts and with the mediation of
OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, as well as other international mediators
and interested sides it will be possible to reaffirm loyalty to the
above-mentioned agreement and to fulfil the mechanisms on localization
of the incidents on the armed forces contact-line stipulated by the
agreement. The Nagorno Karabakh Republic reaffirms its position with
respect to the fact that in addition to the unreserved preservation of
the cease-fire regime, the preconditions of the peaceful settlement
are the peaceful process with the participation of the sides of the
conflict, formation of means of confidence, as well as strengthening
of democracy and respect of human rights.