NKR FM CONCERNED OVER AZERBAIJAN’S ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER KARABAKH PROBLEM FROM OSCE MINSK GROUP TO UN
ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
September 26, 2006 Tuesday
Foreign Minister of Nagorny Karabakh Republic Georgy Petrosyan
received Vice Speaker of the House of Lords of the British Parliament,
Chairman of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, Baroness Caroline Cox,
Tuesday. Baroness Cox heads a delegation of British and American
philanthropists to Stepanakert.
The NKR Foreign Ministry press-service reports Georgy Petrosyan
as expressing readiness to support the program implemented by the
philanthropists in NKR. At the request of the guests, he dwelled
on the current stage of the Karabakh peace process. Particularly,
Minister Petrosyan expressed concern over Azerbaijan’s attempts to
transfer the problem from the OSCE MG to the UN. He stressed that
it is impossible to determine the fate of a people without taking
into account its will. "We have participated in the establishment of
cease-fire, so why we are now deprived of the right to strengthen the
peace,?" he said. Asked about the relations with Armenia, Minister
Petrosyan said that Armenia is a guarantor of NKR’s independence and
security. As regards the political sphere, he said the countries
are observing the principle of noninterference. Touching upon the
continuing information war, the minister mentioned the recent fuss
about the forest fires in the bordering zone. "We proposed OSCE to
monitor the situation, The country’s authorities are ready to receive
international experts," he said.