MASIS MAYILYAN MET OXFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Azat Artsakh Daily, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
22 May 07

On May 21 the NKR deputy minister of foreign affairs Masis Mayilian
met students and teachers of Oxford Brookes University visiting
Stepanakert. At the request of the guests, Masis Mayilian presented
the public and political situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. In addition,
he said in the post-war years the country chose the track for
democracy. "The international community acknowledged that Karabakh
state is being built and developing even though it is unrecognized,"
said the deputy minister of foreign affairs of NKR. He also dwelled on
the history of Artsakh, mentioning there are a number of pre-Christian
and Christian historical and cultural monuments, which attract tourists
from different countries of the world. With regard to the settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, Masis Mayilian emphasized that the
main achievements of the talks is the case-fire. In addition, he said
if in the period between 1992 and 1997 three-party talks included
Nagorno-Karabakh, from 1997 there are only regular consultations of the
official representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan. " The problem today
is Azerbaijan is not ready to acknowledge the right of our people for
self-determination and independent development," said Masis Mayilian,
underlining that the Karabakh side is interested in the resolution of
the conflict as soon as possible. The issues of guarantee of security
of NKR, refugees, investments in the NKR economy, the development
of the public sector were also touched upon. The delegation included
citizens of France, the U.K., Japan, Austria and other countries.