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    KARABAKH MINISTER MEETS BRITISH BARONESS

    Mediamax news agency, Yerevan,
    26 Sep 06

    Yerevan, 26 September: The foreign minister of the Nagornyy Karabakh
    republic (NKR), Georgiy Petrosyan, today expressed concern at
    Azerbaijan's attempts to refer the resolution of the Karabakh problem
    from the OSCE Minsk Group to the UN.

    Georgiy Petrosyan was speaking at a meeting with the deputy speaker
    of the British House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox. Cox arrived in
    Stepanakert [Xankandi] as the head of a delegation of British and US
    philanthropists, Mediamax learnt from the NKR foreign ministry.

    "We are seriously studying the current situation and drawing
    conclusions so as to take relevant steps," the NKR foreign minister
    noted.

    At the same time, Georgiy Petrosyan stressed that it is impossible
    to resolve the issue that concerns the fate of a whole people
    without considering their own opinions. "We played our role in the
    establishment of the cease-fire but why are we today deprived of the
    right to strengthen peace?" Petrosyan said.

    Asked about relations with Armenia, Petrosyan stressed: "Armenia is
    a guarantor of the NKR's independence and security. As for political
    relations, there is a principle of non-interference between the
    two republics."

    Speaking about the ongoing information warfare, the minister spoke
    on a fuss made by Baku over fires in the border zone.

    "We have turned to the OSCE with a proposal that monitoring be
    conducted for an objective opinion on the happenings to be formed.

    The republic's authorities are ready to receive international experts
    and show all what interests them," the NKR foreign minister noted.

    [Arminfo, Yerevan, in Russian 1457 gmt 26 Sep 06 said that NKR leader
    Arkadiy Gukasyan received Cox and assured her that they intend to
    resolve the Karabakh conflict peacefully and that the establishment of
    "mutual trust" between parties to the conflict is a "prerequisite"
    for this.]
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