ANS TV, Azerbaijan
March 7 2008

NATO ENVOY CONCERNED ABOUT TRUCE VIOLATIONS IN KARABAKH

[Presenter] The NATO secretary-general’s Special Representative for
the South Caucasus and Central Asia RobertSimmons has commented on
the recent intensive cease-fire violation in Nagornyy Karabakh. He
expressed his concern about such development of events. NATO hopes
that the developments will not hinder the process [peace talks]
conducted within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group and the talks
will continue.

[Simmons speaking to journalists in English with Azeri voice-over] I
am certainly disturbed by the escalation of the conflict. Escalation
has been observed between the sides recently. We do not want this
escalation to take place between the sides. Because we do not want
such developments to hinder the talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk
Group and we want thetalks to continue in this format.