NKR MFA URGES TO HOLD CRISIS MONITORING OF ZONE ADJACENT TO AZERBAIJAN

Yerkir
16.06.2006 15:02

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – On June 15, 2006, the NKR Ministry of Foreign
Affairs turned to the Office of the Personal Representative of the
OSCE CiO with a demand to conduct a crisis monitoring in the zone
near Azerbaijan.

The monitoring should be held to assess the real situation on the spot
and refute the accusations of the Azeri party on the arsons allegedly
taken place on the territories controlled by Nagorno Karabakh, NKR
Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan stated, reported the NKR MFA
press office. The NKR MFA expressed readiness to render assistance to
the OSCE Mission in conducting the monitoring and ensure the security
of its participants on the territories controlled by the NKR.

"I would like to remind that a few years ago the leadership of
the Nagorno Karabakh Republic via the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs
proposed the Azerbaijani party to work out a bilateral mechanism
as one of the steps on establishing confidence for coordinating the
efforts on joint solution of such kind of problems, in particular,
we proposed a cooperation on preventing ignition of pastures in the
nearborder regions.

Unfortunately, the initiative of the official Stepanakert was not
accepted by Baku which testifies the real position of the parties,
particularly, the absence of political will of the Azerbaijani
leadership for solving issues of mutual interest," Mailyan remarked.