OSCE MG: CESSION OF KARABAKH SECURITY ZONE POSSIBLE ONLY IN CASE OF ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.11.2008 14:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The people of Nagorno Karabakh should be guaranteed
a secure life, said the French Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.

"Presently, security [still jeopardized by Baku] is guaranteed by
the Armenian armed forces and the defense army of Nagorno Karabakh
Bernard Fassier told a news conference in Yerevan.

For his part, U.S. Co-chair Matt Bryza said that the Moscow declaration
envisages military and economic security but not disarmament.

According to Russian mediator Yuri Merzlyakov, the disputed territories
around Nagorno Karabakh comprise the security zone, cession of which
is possible only in case of adequate safeguards.

The NKR security zone includes the Aghdam, Fizuli, Kelbajar, Zangelan,
Jabrail, Lachin and Kubatly regions.