MEETINGS OF NKR PRESIDENT

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Sept 29 2006

On September 26 NKR President Arkady Ghukassian met with Baroness
Caroline Cox. This time her delegation included representatives
of British and American organizations implementing different
humanitarian projects in Artsakh. Lady Cox congratulated the NKR
people and leadership in the 15th anniversary of the Republic. She
mentioned that in every her visit she is encouraged by the optimism and
assiduousness of the people of Artsakh. On the request of the guests
President Arkady Ghukassian told about the origin of the Karabakh
conflict, the war imposed on Karabakh and the current realities. The
NKR president affirmed the will of the people of Artsakh to be free
and independent. Answering their questions, the president stressed the
necessity to establish mutual confidence as an underlying precondition
for the settlement of the conflict. On the same day NKR President
Arkady Ghukassian met with Russian Member of Parliament Constantine
Zatulin, the director of the Institute of the CIS Countries. They
discussed the current stage of settlement under the auspices of the
OSCE Minsk Group countries. Both parties emphasized the necessity of
the peace settlement and criticized the attempts to instill hatred and
intolerance against each other.