UNTIL NAGORNO KARABAKH IS RECOGNIZED NO TERRITORIES
WILL BE HANDED OVER: NKR DEFENSE MINISTER S. OHANYAN
Panorama.am
16:34 07/07/06
"Until recognition of NKR we do not plan to hand over any territories
which serve as security zone for Karabakh," defense minister of
Nagorno Karabakh Seiran Ohanyan told a press conference today.
According to De Facto, S. Ohanyan mentioned that Karabakh exclusively
supports peaceful settlement of the conflict "but Azerbaijan imposed
a war on us and we had to take up military measures." In his words,
the territories under Karabakh control serve as security zone for
Karabakh to ensure normal functioning of the republic.
Ohanyan also said that deployment of peacekeeping forces also
may be discussed only after the status of Nagorno Karabakh is
decided. /Panorama.am/