NKR MFA SENT A NOTE TO COORDINATOR OF OSCE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.06.2007 17:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ June 27, 2007 the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs
sent a note to Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental
Activities Bernard Snoy expressing regret that the practical
recommendation presented in the report of the OSCE-led Environmental
Assessment Mission to fire affected territories along the contact
line, prepared as a result of the 10-day monitoring (October, 2006)
had not been realized. The Ministry considers that implementation
of the recommendations on rehabilitation of the affected territories
and counteraction to any detrimental impacts of the fires in future,
undoubtedly, would allow transforming fire prevention and suppression
into an opportunity of regional cooperation, confidence building
measures and ultimately reconciliation.

The Ministry informed Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental
Activities that since the third decade of May 2007, fires from
Azerbaijani side along the contact line have been occurring. The fires
acquire systematic character and the Azerbaijani side again is trying
to use them for propaganda.

The Ministry called upon the Office of Coordinator of OSCE Economic
and Environmental Activities to take a principled and consistent
position in realization of the OSCE Mission’s recommendations. This
will allow achieving the goals set in the report and creating an
efficient mechanism for fire prevention and suppression along the
line of contact, which may become one of elements of the confidence
building measures, the NKR MFA press office reported.