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    Regnum, Russia
    Oct 8 2005

    Armenia stands for establishing of budget monitoring mechanism to
    limit warfare appetite of Baku


    The Karabakh problem is a conflict between the people of Nagorno
    Karabakh and Azerbaijan, and not a territorial dispute between
    Armenia and Azerbaijan, Head of the OSCE Department at the MFA
    Varuzhan Nersisyan said at a NATO Rose-Roth Seminar in Yerevan.

    According to Nersisyan, even in the end of 20th century the UN
    declined to recognize Nagorno Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan,
    because it could pose danger to the people of Karabakh. Because of
    this, liberation war was waged, during which people of Karabakh took
    control over some of the nearest regions as a security measure. But
    Azerbaijan still occupies some other Armenian territories, and that
    should be a subject of peaceful negotiations, and nothing else,
    stressed Nersisyan. `Karabakh is also a part of this conflict and
    should participate in negotiations. The international community must
    help people of Nagorno Karabakh Republic and find a solution between
    two principles - peoples' right for self-determination and
    territorial unity of the state. This should be the main idea of OSCE
    Minsk Group', said Nersisyan. He also expressed his concerns about an
    official statement made by Baku on the increase of war budget.

    `Such statements can only lead to escalation of arms race in the
    region', noted Nersisyan. He also expressed his doubt whether an
    increase of Azerbaijani war budget even to $600 million can help Baku
    gain any advantages because of the corruption in Azerbaijani army. `I
    think that the international community will formulate its opinion on
    such statements. We are for the creation of budget monitoring
    mechanism to limit warfare appetites.'

    It should be noted, that Turkey did not participate in the seminar,
    despite of the invitation, and Azerbaijan was presented unofficially
    by chief of Azerbaijani Independent Research Center Leyla Aliyeva.
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