ON NKR FOREIGN MINISTER A.MELIKIAN’S MEETING WITH
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP ORGANIZATION
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 14. ARMINFO. On September 11, in the NKR Permanent
Representation in the RA, Arman Melikian, the NKR Foreign Minister,
received the delegation of the International Crisis Group (ICG)
Non-Governmental Organization headed by Alain Deletroz.
Mr. Deletroz presented the organization’s activity to the NKR Foreign
Minister noting their aim in general to contribute to the peaceful
settlement of international conflicts and war prevention. In this
context, the ICG prepared the report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
called “Nagorno Karabakh: Viewing the Conflict from the Ground”.
According to Mr. Deletroz, the report is aimed to render assistance
to the Armenian and Azerbaijani party, as well as the mediators in
finding acceptable solutions around the negotiation table. Mr.
Melikian emphasized the importance of the international community’s
involvement in the process of establishing lasting peace in the
region. He noted that the conflict would be settled only if all the
parties involved would be realistic and clearly realize that the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijani Republic were the main
parties to the conflict and any effort to present the conflict as a
territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be
interpreted as intentional distortion of the reality.
At the end of the meeting, the head of the ICG delegation handed the
NKR Foreign Minister the text of the report, informing that it would
be published on September 14. Thanking the ICG representatives, Mr.
Melikian assured them that the provisions of the report would be
carefully examined in Stepanakert.