SECURITY COUNCIL SITTING IN THE NKR

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[02:56 pm] 05 December, 2006

Arkadi Ghoukasyan, NKR President , convened a Security Council sitting
after returning from the USA, informs "Karabakh-Open" website.

The information was confirmed by the press service of the NKR
President.

Arkadi Ghoukasyan, presented the details of his U.S. visit to the
sitting participants. He also thanked all those people who participated
in the annual TV marathon organised by "Armenia" Pan-Armenian Fund.

At the beginning of the sitting Arkadi Ghoukasyan listened to the
reports on the current situation on Karabakh-Azerbaijan borderline
and the criminal state of the country. The sitting participants also
referred to the negotiation process of the conflict regulation and
the preparation works of the constitutional referendum.

"The press service doesn’t report the details of the discussed issues,
but we can assume that there was much to be discussed in the sitting
taking into consideration the current situation in the country",
writes "Karabakh-Open."

First of all, let’s take the issue of Karabakh conflict which
has aroused diverse interpretations among the politicians and
journalists. The meeting of Armenian and Azeri presidents was kept
in secret, reports "Karabakh-Open." Everybody began to speak about
progress after the meeting. Then the president of Azerbaijan announced
that the conflict must be settled on the principle of Azerbaijan’s
territorial wholeness. In reply to this announcement, Serge Sargsyan,
RA Defense Minister, said that the territorial wholeness of the both
countries – Azerbaijan and Karabakh, must be respected at the same
time. "We wonder what territorial wholeness they were speaking about",
adds "Karabakh-Open."

The preparations of constitutional referendum are far from being
flawless. Have the residents of the country already got acquainted
with the draft bill? Have the fundamental provisions already
been under consideration? What is the attitude of the Karabakh
residents? According to "Karabakh-Open", all these issues haven’t
been discussed thoroughly.

Nevertheless, the Karabakh residents will participate in the
referendum. Only a small percent of the population will stay aside
from the voting as in their opinion the referendum was initiated by
the authorities to serve their objectives.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress