NKR MINISTER URGES OSCE TO PUNISH AZERBAIJAN FOR "CEASFIRE BREACH"

Mediamax
April 1 2009
Armenia

Yerevan, 1 April: The foreign minister of the Nagornyy Karabakh
republic (NKR), Georgiy Petrosyan, has sent a letter to the OSCE
chairman-in-office, [Greek Foreign Minister] Dora Bakoyannis,
expressing his concern about frequent ceasefire violations by
Azerbaijan.

Petrosyan drew attention of the OSCE chairman-in-office to incidents
that take place during the monitoring of the [contact line between the
Azerbaijani and Armenian troops] when the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
arrive in the region, the press service of the NKR foreign ministry
has told Mediamax.

In particular, a shooting incident took place in the immediate vicinity
of the contact line during the OSCE monitoring on 26 February 2009
and the monitoring subsequently failed. The letter of the NKR foreign
minister noted the importance of submitting written information on
the results of an investigation into the incident in question.

The NKR foreign ministry is sure that the provision of all parts
to the conflict with timely and truthful information about the real
culprit responsible for such violations will have a positive impact
on the preservation of ceasefire and will contribute to the efficient
work of the personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office.