KARABAKH REPUBLIC KEEPS CONTROL OVER SITUATION
Lragir.am
14 April 06
Since May 1994 the government of NKR has guaranteed the ceasefire
without any peacemaking forces, completely controlling the front line
between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan and the
border area. According to the news agency ARKA, this is stated in the
letter of NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan and NKR Police Chief
Armen Isagulov to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Anne Petersson,
the head of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs. The letter of the NKR Foreign Minister and Chief of the
Police states that the Office of the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office will also deny criminal facts or actions,
which regularly and fully monitors the front line, hence exercising
international control over the conflict area of NKR. It is mentioned
in the letter that in late February and late March 2005 the OSCE
fact-finding mission, including over 30 diplomats and experts from
different countries, visited Karabakh with the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs. `The OSCE fact-finding mission prepared a significant
report, based on a meticulous monitoring of the areas controlled by
NKR, which contains no such negative facts. With regard to this we
emphasize the commitment of the government of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic to promoting democratic values and a peace settlement of the
conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, pursuing the international recognition
of NKR and fulfilling their function of government and guaranteeing
the security of their citizens for about 20 years,’ states the letter
of NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan and Police Chief Armen
Isagulov. A copy of the letter was sent to the U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Stephen Mann, Director of
the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) John
Walters.