AZERI MASS MEDIA’S AWKWARD PROPAGANDA ACTION

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 23 2007

According to the head of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic MOD Press
Office sub colonel Senor Asratian, the information circulated by
the Azeri mass media concerning the fact that RA Armed Forces "again
set fire to the territories of the Fizuli and Jebrail regions" is an
"awkward propaganda action’.

Today, in an interview with DE FACTO agency, Senor Asratian said the
information did not correspond to reality. In his words, undertaking
such steps, Azerbaijan is trying to discredit the Nagorno-Karabagh
before the international community. "Last year they also resorted to
such measures, however, OSCE mission formed by independent experts
confirmed the artificiality of the Azeri party’s accusations of
deliberate arsons", Senor Asratian underscored.

The head of the NKR MOD stated Nagorno-Karabagh was interested
in stability in the conflict zone, so it had no intention to take
measures that can threaten it.