GEORGY PETROSSIAN: NKR READY TO RECEIVE ANOTHER OSCE MISSION
ArmRadio.am
11.09.2006 17:55
Commenting on the UN General Assembly Resolution on Fires NKR
Foreign Minister Georgy Petrossian’s said in particular, "On the
whole taking into account the final result, namely an intention to
send the OSCE Mission with support of the UN experts to the region
to assess the long-term and short-term threats, which can lead to
ecologic catastrophe in the region, the Resolution can be considered
acceptable for the NKR. Moreover, it is necessary to emphasize
that this process is a logical continuation of Nagorno Karabakh
authorities’ initiative. The NKR authorities were extremely alarmed
at the situation with the fires as those inflammations caused damage
to the agriculture of our republic. In connection with this the NKR
MFA sent a note to the Office of the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office with an urgent request to conduct a crisis
monitoring in the area bordering with Azerbaijan. Two weeks late the
OSCE Mission conducted a series of monitorings, which resulted in the
report of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, which
refuted the accusations of the Azerbaijani side on alleged burnings
of settlements in the NKR security zone. Thus, the NKR authorities
were the first to address the OSCE for a dispatch of a monitoring
group to the region, which was passed over in silence by the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chairmen in their report, which was made public at the
General Assembly’s session. However, if the report of the OSCE high
rank needs additional confirmation, – we are ready to receive a new
Mission of the OSCE to discredit Azerbaijani myths once more."
The Minister said that the position of this issue in the UN itself
and some formulas of the Resolution are not acceptable. The attempts
to transfer the issues, which are to be solved by the OSCE Minsk
Group, to the UN cannot promote the advance of negotiation process
but only postpone the possible prospect of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement.
Georgy Pertrossian considers that the fact that the given Resolution,
namely its contents is a result of consensus between Armenia and
Azerbaijan – rare phenomenon for recent years, especially under the
conditions of the absence of confidence between the parties, is worthy
of notice and it can be only welcomed. We consider that such projects
are to be discussed with participation of all three parties to the
conflict in order to avoid problems in the course of implementation
of accepted decisions especially because these decisions concern the
territories, which are exceptionally under the control of the Nagorno
Karabakh republic’s authorities.