NKR FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
28 Aug 2008
Armenia

The NKR Foreign Minister yesterday made a statement welcoming the
recognition of the independence of South Osetia and Abkhazia. The
statement runs as follows, "The Nagorno Karabakh Republic welcomes the
recognition of the state independence of South Osetia and Abkhazia. It
is in full compliance with the fundamental principles of the nations’
right to self-determination and international law, principles that
are enshrined in the fundamental documents and legal acts of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the United
Nations and other international organizations.

We have warned many times that the threats of using force, the
excessive increase of the military potential and the aspiration of
solving problems in one’s own favor by the use of arms are fraught
with humanitarian disasters.

We strongly hope that all the forces interested in establishing
peace in the region will draw relevant conclusions from the recent
developments in South Caucasus and undertake practical steps towards
solving the existing problems exclusively by peaceful methods and
re-establishing peace in the region."