AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL SOURCES INCORRECTLY PRESENT OSCE REPORT "ON FIRES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES"
Noyan Tapan
Jan 18 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The OSCE mission has lately presented
its report on study of fires that broke out last year in territories
adjacent to Nagorno Karabakh which Azerbaijani officials present as a
document reflecting Azerbaijani requests. While, according to the Azg
newspaper, the report precisely mentioned that the fires had an impact
not only on the Azerbaijani side (as Azerbaijani sources report):
they inflicted serious damages to the environment and economy on
both sides of the contact-line. The OSCE mission’s report emphasized
that the satellite photographs provided by the Azerbaijani side were
selected and incomplete: in particular, photographs of territories to
the west of the contact-line were not presented. It was also mentioned
that no significant damage was inflicted to the deserted villages in
consequence of the fires.
Besides, according to the report, the participants of the mission
group had no possibility to visit some places to the east of the
contact-line, while Nagorno Karabakh authorities have made absolutely
accessible the visit to necessary places for the OSCE group for the
purpose of completing the mission.