KARABAKH FM: ARMENIA IS A GUARANTOR OF NKR’S INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Sept 27 2006

On September 26, Nagorno Karabakh Republic Foreign Minister Georgy
Petrossian received Vice-Speaker of the House of Lords of the
Great Britain’s Parliament, Chairman of Humanitarian Aid Relief
Trust Baroness Caroline Cox, who had arrived in Stepanakert with a
delegation of British and American philanthropists.

According to the information DE FACTO got at the NKR MFA, opening
the meeting NKR Foreign Minister expressed readiness in rendering
all possible support to the programs carried out by the American and
British philanthropists in Nagorno Karabakh.

At the guests’ request Georgy Petrossian dwelt on the current stage
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process. The Minister,
in particular, expressed his anxiety concerning Azerbaijan’s attempts
to transfer the resolution of the problem under the aegis of the OSCE
Minsk Group to the UN.

"We seriously study the existing situation, draw conclusions to
undertake corresponding steps", – the NKR MFA noted.

Georgy Petrossian emphasized that it was impossible to solve the issue
concerning the fate of entire people without taking into account its
own opinion.

"We have played our role in establishing armistice, but why today
we are deprived of our rights to strengthen the peace?" – the NKR
Foreign Minister said.

Answering the question on mutual relations with Armenia Georgy
Petrossian stressed: "The Republic of Armenia is a guarantor of the
NKR’s independence and security, as regards the plane of political
relations there is a principle of non-intervention between both
republics".

Speaking about the unceasing informational war the Minister dwelt on
the clamour made by Baku in connection with the fires on the areas
near the frontier.

"We have addressed to the OSCE with a proposal to hold a monitoring
to get an unbiassed opinion on what was taking place. The republic’s
authorities are ready to receive the international experts and show
them everything they are interseted in", – the NKR Foreign Minister
noted.

Georgy Petrossian voiced hope that in the course of the visit the
delegation members would make an unbiassed notion on Nagorno Karabakh
and share the corresponding information in their environs.